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The series centers on Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield, identical twins living in Sweet Valley, California. Elizabeth is serious, studious and levelheaded. Jessica is flirtatious and free-spirited; often her [[Zany Scheme|zany schemes]] drive the plot.

'''Series in [[The Verse]] included:'''

* ''Sweet Valley High'': the flagship. The twins are 16-year-old juniors at Sweet Valley High. Jessica is a cheerleader and Elizabeth writes for the school paper.

* ''Sweet Valley University'': the twins go off to college. Jessica quickly loses her virginity and briefly gets married. Elizabeth attracts a cyber-stalker.

* ''Sweet Valley Kids'': the twins are 7 year-old second-graders. Sometimes they solve mysteries.

* ''Sweet Valley Junior High'': the twins are now eighth-graders at a new school following rezoning.

* ''Sweet Valley Senior Year'': the twins are now 17-year-old seniors. After a devastating earthquake hits Sweet Valley (on the twins' birthday, no less,) many students from flattened El Carro High transfer to Sweet Valley High. With this entry, the series reverted to less fantastic storylines, and the characters were more culturally diverse.

* ''Elizabeth'': Elizabeth travels to England, works as a maid, and loses her virginity.

* ''The Sweet Life'': a six-part ebook series set to begin in June 2012. It picks up where ''Sweet Valley Confidential'' left off, but now {{spoiler|Jessica- who's married to Todd- juggles career, marriage, and parenthood while Elizabeth and Bruce's relationship is tested by a major scandal.}}

 

* [[Absurdly Youthful Mother]]: Alice Wakefield, who, we're told, looks at least a decade younger than her actual age and is often mistaken for the twins' sister.

* [[All Just a Dream]]: Several times.

** In the Sweet Valley High super-special ''Winter Carnival'', Elizabeth gets fed up with Jessica's selfishness and flat-out tells her, "I wish I'd never HAD a sister!" (Ironically, this is after misinterpreting Jessica's genuine attempts to ''fix'' the mess that has resulted from her self-centered behavior). She then promptly has a lengthy dream sequence in which Jessica dies. Naturally this leads to a reconciliation.

** The Sweet Valley Kids mystery ''The Case of the Alien Princess'' features the twins and a group of their friends being taken aboard a spaceship.

** The Sweet Valley Twins book ''The Class Trip'' involves Elizabeth going on a boat ride with Tom Sawyer, only discovering at the end that it was a dream induced by a head injury.

* [[Break the Haughty]]: Lila Fowler's nervous breakdown after nearly being raped.

* [[But Liquor Is Quicker]]: {{spoiler|Bruce}} attempts this with {{spoiler|Elizabeth}} in ''Dear Sister.''

** Regina Morrow isn't much better. {{spoiler|The first and only time she tries cocaine, she dies.}}

* [[Cartwright Curse]]: Jessica, whose boyfriends often died.

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Amy Sutton between ''Sweet Valley Twins'' and ''Sweet Valley High'', Lila Fowler in ''Sweet Valley High Senior Year'', Enid Rollins in ''Sweet Valley Senior Year'' and ''Sweet Valley University'', Winston Egbert in ''Sweet Valley Confidential''.

* [[Fallen Princess]]: When Jessica goes from being popular girl to outcast in ''Sweet Valley Junior High'', ''Sweet Valley High Senior Year'' and ''Sweet Valley University''.

* [[Friend to All Children]]: Lila in the "Twins" series.

* [[Friends Rent Control]]: Elizabeth's NYC apartment in ''Sweet Valley Confidential.''

* [[Karma Houdini]]: Jessica Wakefield. She spikes Elizabeth's punch at the prom and lets her drive off with Sam. {{spoiler|Sam was killed as a result of the crash}} and Elizabeth was arrested and put on trial for manslaughter. During this whole ordeal, Jessica does not speak up and completely abandons her twin. In fact, she even blamed Elizabeth for killing Sam, and to get revenge, she hooks up with Todd. Meanwhile, Elizabeth has to deal with the guilt of "killing" Sam, being an outcast at school and possibly being sent to prison.

** In book 100, ''The Evil Twin'', Elizabeth realizes that Jessica spiked the punch. She never really confronts her about it, but after {{spoiler|Margo "dies"}} she forgives Jessica.

* [[Long Running Book Series]]

* [[Most Writers Are Writers]]: Elizabeth's dream is to be a journalist of some sort.

* [[The Movie]]: currently in the works and is rumored to be a musical.

* [[No Periods Period]]: Averted. In the "Twins" series, a secondary character gets hers and is dismayed as she thinks this means having to give up playing baseball as well as hanging out with boys. In a later book, Elizabeth starts hers and Jessica is upset as she hasn't (though she does by the book's conclusion). In another book, Jessica refuses to give evidence in court about a store hold-up because she was embarrassed about buying pads at the time.

* [[Retcon]]: The Secret Diaries - interspersed with clips from prior books, these diaries each tell how, while those events were happening, one twin was hooking up with the other's boyfriend.

* [[Rich Bitch]]: Lila Fowler