To think Mr Collins from the Sweet Valley High books was a tad creepy?

[SamanthaBrique]

I found some SVH books in a free bookshop recently. I devoured them as s tween so thought I'd see how they stack up these days.

Apart from the twins being ridiculous (Jessica is a psychopath and Elizabeth sanctimonious) and the author's hatred of fat people, Mr Collins the English teacher was way too creepy. Why was he always hanging out with 16 year olds? Even at weekends he'd host picnics for them, he'd give up his free time to take them camping. Surely there was something dodgy going on??

[MidnightAura]

I've been reading through SVH again on kindle unlimited. I'm hoping DH doesn't notice them in the shared library

With the BSC we were always told told Dawn was an individual who didn't care what people thought and who goes eco mad in the later series.

[Redglitter]

Samantha these are the originals

[OlennasWimple]

I might get a Kindle Subscription just to re-read the SVH books!

I expect that there are many wealthy pockets of CA today that are almost exclusively white, so the lack of diversity is not surprising in books written so long ago.

[SamanthaBrique]

Here's how the girls in the BSC ended up. Possibly.

https://thehairpin.com/the-baby-sitters-club-where-are-they-now-164f1017ce4b#.raix3rfbi