Secret Admirer # 39

By Francine Pascal

When Penny Ayala, the studious and shy editor of The Oracle, decides to set up a lonely hearts column it becomes an immediate hit with the students of Sweet Valley High. Seeing this as an opportunity... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 055326673X
• ISBN13: 9780553266733
• Release Date: August 1987
• Publisher: Sweet Valley
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

This one needs to be about Jess and Lila

The whole Penny thing was overdone. I mean, we totally knew what was going to happen with her and "Jamie" once you started reading. I still won't spoil it for you though. I personally loved the Jess/Lila plot- how they both decide to use the SVH personals column to find a guy and it becomes a competition. Hilarious plot, should have been the main plot instead of that stupid Penny/ Jamie plot, which is boring. For laughs, read this book, especially the Jess/Lila part and the Liz vs. Kirk (Kirk the Jerk.).

Secret feelings...

When Penny Ayala, the studious and shy editor of The Oracle, decides to set up a lonely hearts column it becomes an immediate hit with the students of Sweet Valley High. Seeing this as an opportunity to improve her own love life, she sends out a personal ad herself, after being persuaded by her friends Olivia Davidson and Elizabeth Wakefield. After receiving a few 'jokey' replies, Penny becomes fond of a guy who wishes to meet her at the mall. Taking care with her appearance, Penny waits in vain for her dream guy, who stands her up. Her hopes dashed, Penny goes home and cries herself to sleep. The next day, the ever-helpful Elizabeth Wakefield is on hand to solve the mystery as she realises that a seemingly nice guy called Neil Freemont and arrogant Kirk Anderson along with a few of Kirk's cronies are behind this hoax. She is surprised to see Neil going along with Kirk 's jerky plans but it seems that secretly, Neil does have a crush on Penny but is to shy to reveal it because, he is afraid of what the guys will think. Will Elizabeth cause further damage to Penny's oh-so-precious heart by revealing that she was in fact the victim of a cruel prank? Or will Neil finally get the courage to stop acting like a sheep and make up his own mind about whom he likes?