New Releases by Francine Pascal

Francine Pascal is the author of Sweet Valley Twins: First Place (2026), Sweet Valley Twins: Sneaking Out (2025), Sweet Valley Twins: Best Friends (2022), Normal (2013), Fearless 2 (2013).

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Sweet Valley Twins: First Place

release date: May 05, 2026
Sweet Valley Twins: First Place
When the snobbiest girl at Sweet Valley Middle School gets a new horse, Elizabeth is suddenly interested in being her friend and Jessica isn't buying it. The fun and drama continues in this New York Times bestselling graphic novel series! Lila Fowler, the snobbiest girl in Sweet Valley Middle School, has gotten her own beautiful horse but she doesn’t even seem to care! Elizabeth thinks it's not fair –she absolutely adores horses and would do anything to get to ride one – even pretending to be friends with Lila! Jessica can’t stand that Elizabeth is acting so fake just to buddy up with her friend. Just how far will Elizabeth go before she loses everything--all for the love of a horse?

Sweet Valley Twins: Sneaking Out

release date: Feb 04, 2025
Sweet Valley Twins: Sneaking Out
The Sweet Valley Twins are ready to rock out as the hottest band comes to town…too bad they don't have permission to go! Will they sneak out to dance the night away or will it all fall apart? Find out in the next installment of the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series! Everyone at Sweet Valley Middle School is going to the biggest concert ever...everyone except twins, Jessica and Elizabeth! Their favorite band is back in town but no matter how much they beg their parents they can't get permission to go. Elizabeth is ready to sulk and stay home, but Jessica refuses to give up hope. She'll see this band even if it means lying or leaving her sister behind. Caught between her parents and her twin will Elizabeth sneak out with Jessica? Or will she blow the whole plan out of the water? Get ready to rock, laugh, and cheer for the unstoppable duo as they navigate the challenges of friendship, family, and following their dreams in the next Sweet Valley Twins graphic novel.

Sweet Valley Twins: Best Friends

release date: Nov 01, 2022
Sweet Valley Twins: Best Friends
Jessica and Elizabeth are ready to take on middle school . . . but are they ready to take on each other? The New York Times bestselling world of Sweet Valley Twins returns in these all-new graphic novel adaptations! “This series should be as popular with readers as The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels.” –Booklist Jessica and Elizabeth have always been inseparable twins, but starting middle school means a chance for new beginnings! Elizabeth is excited to organize a school newspaper, but Jessica is more interested in joining the exclusive Unicorn Club. What will happen when the twins realize they might not be as alike as they thought? Middle school is hard enough, but with these twins each dealing with becoming their own person--will they be able to stay friends at the same time? Francine Pascal’s beloved Sweet Valley Twins comes to life in a brand-new graphic novel that will have old and new fans delighted as they meet Jessica and Elizabeth in graphic novel form. With the lively artwork of Claudia Aguirre, Sweet Valley Twins: Best Friends is a contemporary middle-grade graphic novel filled with heart, laughter, and lots of twins.

Normal

release date: Apr 09, 2013
Normal
I am Gaia Moore. I can throw a 175-pound man over my shoulder, I have only one friend in the world, and I don’t own a lipstick. But I’m not a freak. Not anymore. Because now I can feel fear.

Fearless 2

release date: Feb 05, 2013
Fearless 2
No fear. No room to fail. Three adrenaline-racing thrill rides in a smart and sexy series, packaged in one bold book. Gaia Moore is brilliant and beautiful. She’s trained in three kinds of martial arts, has a reflex speed that’s off the charts, and can break codes in four languages. She’s also missing the fear gene. Special attributes and fearlessness aside, Gaia simply wants a regular life, one with friends, and maybe even a boyfriend. And although the guy she really wants is still utterly unavailable, there are other options. Like the new dark and mysterious boy who is definitely interested. Gaia might be ready to take a walk on the wild side, but her love life is nothing compared to the danger that’s closing in. Still on the search for information about her family, Gaia is finding out more and more each day…and one of her friends might be behind everything. Gaia must figure out who is about to betray her—and the wrong decision could be deadly.

Shock

release date: Dec 11, 2012
Shock
Gaia is heartbroken when her best friend and boyfriend Ed breaks up with her. He thinks she has been distant lately, but she doesn't have time to dwell - she and Sam are off to uncover the secret behind Tom's coma. While snooping around the Berkshires compound, they come across an old man who has ties to Loki. Will he be of help to them - or is he responsible for the various attacks on Gaia's life? Or is Sam the one who's after her?

Wired

release date: Dec 11, 2012
Wired
Back when I was fearless, it went like this: Gaia meets boy. Gaia falls in love with boy. Boy gets hurt. Now that I feel fear, it goes like this: Gaia meets boy. Gaia falls in love with boy. Boy gets hurt. Some things never change.

Double Love (Sweet Valley High #1)

release date: Nov 27, 2012
Double Love (Sweet Valley High #1)
Double Love welcomes readers to the frothy first book in beloved author and creator Francine Pascal bestselling Sweet Valley High series. Who will Todd choose—the glamorous Jessica or the gentle Elizabeth? Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield are identical twins—beautiful, blonde, perfect—but they couldn't be more different from each other. Elizabeth is friendly, good-natured, and kind, and the complete opposite of her clever, conniving sister. Jessica believes the world revolves around her...and the problem is that most of the time it does. Jessica always gets what she wants—at school, amongst her friends, and especially with boys. This time, she's got her eye on Todd Wilkins, the good-looking star of Sweet Valley High's basketball team—and the one boy Elizabeth really likes. Now the twins are in a game of double love, with Todd as first prize. Will Elizabeth fight for the Todd? What will Jessica stoop to in order to get what she wants? Can the bonds of sisterhood stand up to the pangs of a broken heart?

Dear Sister (Sweet Valley High #7)

release date: Nov 27, 2012
Dear Sister (Sweet Valley High #7)
Dear Sister is the next installment in the beloved Sweet Valley High books from bestselling author Francine Pascal. Can Jessica live without Elizabeth? Sweet Valley is stunned by the news: beautiful young Elizabeth Wakefield is in a coma after a terrible motorcycle accident. Everyone waits with bated breath for any change in her condition, especially Elizabeth's boyfriend Todd, who was driving when accident happened. But there is no one more upset than Elizabeth's twin, Jessica. She keeps watch over unconscious body of her sister, desperately hoping she'll recover. What if Elizabeth never wakes up? Or worse...what if Elizabeth wakes up changed?

Racing Hearts (Sweet Valley High #9)

release date: Nov 27, 2012
Racing Hearts (Sweet Valley High #9)
From bestselling author Francine Pascal comes the next Sweet Valley High novel, Racing hearts. Can Roger melt Lila's icy heart? Clumsy, shy Roger Barrett has always had a crush on the glamorous, wealthy Lila Fowler, but it's hopeless. She's the queen bee, and he secretly works as a janitor after school. The only attention Lila ever pays to him is to make fun of him in front of her friends. When Roger wins the qualifying heat for a big race, he becomes an instant school celebrity. To his surprise, Lila begins to chase after him, but he knows if he runs in the race finals after school, he will lose his job. Should he give up Lila's attentions? Can he risk being fired? Will Lila notice him if he's no longer a star?

When Love Dies (Sweet Valley High #12)

release date: Nov 27, 2012
When Love Dies (Sweet Valley High #12)
What terrible secret is Tricia keeping from Steven? Find out in When Love Dies, the next installment in Francine Pascal's beloved Sweet Valley High series. Steven Wakefield, Elizabeth and Jessica's handsome older brother, is heartbroken. His girlfriend, Tricia Martin, no longer seems interested in him. She breaks their dates and doesn't return his calls. Steven doesn't understand why Tricia's feelings have changed so suddenly. Jessica, on the other hand, sees this as the perfect opportunity to set Steven up with her best friend, Cara Walker, but Elizabeth isn't thrilled with the scheming, gossipy Cara. She is determined to find out just why Tricia left Steven—and is horrified when she discovers the awful truth.

Secrets (Sweet Valley High #2)

release date: Nov 27, 2012
Secrets (Sweet Valley High #2)
From bestselling author Francine Pascal comes Secrets, the second book in the beloved Sweet Valley High series. Jessica would stop at nothing... Gorgeous but ruthless, Jessica Wakefield is determined to be the chosen queen of Sweet Valley High's fall dance this year. Once she's crowned queen, surely Bruce Patman, the most popular boy in school, will finally notice her. And the only person standing in her way is Enid Rollins, Elizabeth's best friend. But when Jessica uncovers a secret about Enid's past, she knows the crown is within reach. She doesn't care that revealing the secret could cost Enid both her reputation and boy she loves. Can Elizabeth save Enid from Jessica's vicious gossip? Can she stop her scheming twin in time?

Blind

release date: May 11, 2010
Blind
Has the impossible happened? Can Gaia at last feel fear? Having been injected with a serum by her uncle, Loki, Gaia is now experiencing some strange emotions, but being unfamiliar with certain feelings she is not sure whether this is fear. Heather, on the other hand, is more than willingly to give up her own fear gene. Even though she is unsure whether or not she can trust Josh, when she is offered the chance to participate in an experimental protocol to supress the fear gene, Heather jumps at the opportunity. This is what she has always wanted - this is her chance - a chance to be like Gaia. Meanwhile relationships and alliances are shifting. Ed and Tatiana grow closer as Gaia pushes Ed further away. But the more Gaia learns about Tatiana and her mother, the more certain she is that she and her father are in danger. Until, that is, a startling revelation from Loki leaves her wondering whether she even knows who her father really is . . .

Exposed

release date: May 11, 2010
Exposed
Instead of choosing the good guy, I chose the bad guy. Instead of warding off the enemy, I moved in with him. And I thought the purpose of fear was to prevent you from doing stupid things.

Gone

release date: May 11, 2010
Gone
Three things to do before i graduate: Buy a prom dress. Pass calculus. Disappear before anyone else gets killed.

The Ruling Class

release date: Oct 12, 2004
The Ruling Class
Sick of being bullied and harassed, a new girl at a wealthy suburban Dallas high school plots revenge on the girls in the rulinig clique.

Lost

release date: Jan 01, 2003
Lost
Gaia's father is in a coma and it appears that Sam has returned from the dead.

Chase

release date: Jan 01, 2003
Chase
When Claire Hayden's husband is murdered with an old World War II weapon, she learns from an acquaintance that someone has been killing this way for decades. As the two team up to find the killer, Claire fears it may be someone she has known for years.

Sam (#2) and Escape (#26)

release date: Jan 01, 2003
Sam (#2) and Escape (#26)
A girl born with the fear gene. This book contains the original Sam story and the latest in the Fearless series.

Betrayed

release date: Nov 01, 2002
Betrayed
How do you explain color to the blind? Music to the deaf? Pain to the unfeeling? You can't. That's why I'll never understand fear... No matter how much my survival depends on it.

Killer

release date: Jul 10, 2002
Killer
They say to keep your friends close and your enemies even closer. But what if you don't know which is which?

Rebel

release date: Jun 16, 2002
Rebel
What's the point of being fearless... if you can't have fun with it once in a while?

Best of Enemies

release date: Jan 01, 2002
Best of Enemies
After Melissa and Will break up, Melissa begins dating a dangerous college student who encourages her to drink.

Sam

release date: Aug 30, 2001
Sam
There's somebody who wants me dead. And he's probably going to succeed. Very soon. There is something I have to do before I go. And there's only one person I want to do it with. Sam. NO RULES. NO LIMITS. NO FEAR.

Playing Dirty

release date: Jan 01, 2001
Playing Dirty
"Watch out, Ken. Will wants his life back. Maybe Ken thinks Will Simmons wasn't paying attention when he took his position on the football team, his college scholarship, his girlfriend . . . His whole, entire life. Guess what, Ken? He was.

Heat

release date: Jan 01, 2000
Heat
Having put the drug dealer threatening Mary in the hospital, Gaia believes her friend is safe, but when Mary begins to investigate Gaia's background Loki steps in to silence her.

I'll Never Love Again

release date: Jan 01, 1999
I'll Never Love Again
Depressed by her boyfriend's murder, Jessica Wakefield tunes out everyone and everything, including her sister, Elizabeth, until a chance meeting with her ex-husband Mike McAllery.

Broken Angel

release date: Jan 01, 1999
Broken Angel
Tia's boyfriend is going to college, but how will Tia handle it?

Good-Bye, Middle School!

release date: Jan 01, 1998
Good-Bye, Middle School!
Will they be torn apart? Now that summer's over, identical twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield can't wait to get back to school. The only question is: "Which school will they be going to? Sweet Valley Middle School has become so overcrowded, half the seventh and eighth graders will be moved to a new junior high. And nobody knows who will stay and who will go! The twins and their friends plan to spend what might be a final night together, camping out playing Truth or Dare. But these friends who thought they knew one another so well are about to discover a truth more shocking than any dare.... Don't miss Books One, Two, and Three in this fantastic four-part miniseries: Countdown to Jr. High.

Party Weekend!

release date: Jan 01, 1998
Party Weekend!
Party like there's no tomorrow.... It's the weekend after the prom, and Sweet Valley High has entered a talent contest at the countrywide battle of the junior classes! Olivia Davidson is in charge of the team from SVH and she's ready for some friendly, fun-filled competition. But when the rivalry between schools escalates to a violent level, Olivia may be caught in the crossfire. In true school spirit, Jessica Wakefield is ready to do "anything to make sure SVH's team is victorious--until things start to get out of control. Jessica is suddenly haunted by images of Christian Gorman--the love she lost forever in a tragic interschool confrontation. Has Christian's spirit returned to remind Jessica of what's really important? Book three in a monumental four-part miniseries. Join the Sweet Valley High junior class as they prepare to wrap up the most unbelievable year of their lives!
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