This is a new guidebook for Sun Valley that just came out. I love the area and purchased an advance copy just to read up on the area. Well, well, well, kudos to Mr. McRoberts and his detail in writing about the area. Very comprehensive, detailed and fun...everywhere!

When my grandma saw this beautiful book, she wanted to move back to Harrisburg where she was born. I just keep picking this book up and looking some more. The essays and pictures of the Susquehanna River and the towns along it elicit pride and nostalgia for rural/small-town Pennsylvania

I've spent the last 23 years enjoying the beauty of this river; not quite understanding how it has been tried and tortured over the last 400 years. Great writing, and a wonderful story to be told. For those in the Tri-State (PA,MD,NY) area, a must read.

WIthout this knowledge, you won't truly appreciate what Philadelphia, Columbia, Baltimore and other areas are today, or how they achieved their stature.

Look no further than this cookbook. It's not the biggest, but it may be the most beautifully photographed cookbook I've ever seen. Our first dinner out of this book featured the Grilled Leg of Lamb with Zinfandel Marinade with Mint Pesto and the Grape Harvest Flatbread. I'm no baker, but the bread turned out perfectly on the first try, warm and full of sweet grapes. The lamb was also wonderful, perfectly complemented by the slightly sweet, sesame-oil flavored mint pesto. Wine pairings and Napa Valley history are also featured, but the real stars of this cookbook are the easy to follow recipes. Anyone with average kitchen skills will be rewarded with visually appealing and delicious gourmet-quality dishes the first time out.

When Jesica's pen Pal comes to visit from Alaska.The twins what her to fell at home. They find everthing they think she will like, but there is one thing that they can not just buy SNOW!the twins know that it never snows in Sweet Valley Califorina,Or douse it????????????????????

It was cool to read about children who care for nature. I mean, children or even people don't care about it. It was especially nice to see Elizabeth and Jessica teach that concieted guy a lesson. He was so obnoxious. I read this book when I was in 2nd grade, and I still remeber it, because it was a good book.

Someone thought they were me, and reviewed this book. Crazy planet, eh? But I imagine all kind of stories associated with this book, one of them must surely be the actual printed version.
Besides, if you like the idea of this book, what do you need my opinion for? Make up your own mind. Get in gear, clean, create, improve, help, touch, and love something right now! Go ahead! Oh, and buy this book, he he he.

I'd have to say that I personally think that the early SVH books were very well written; focusing on other characters rather than just the Wakefields and their close friends.
Anyway onto the plot. Johanna Porter is a high school drop-out who has spent her time working various jobs including waitressing. However, after the death of her mother, she one day comes across her mother's journal in the attic and is devastated to read about her mother's views on her dropping out of school. She there and then vows to re-enrol at school and succeed in order to fulfil her mother's wishes.
Johanna knows that it will be difficult what with all the students gossiping about her return and her long-time crush Peter DeHaven a brilliant science student who is considered to be one of the brainiest guys in school, dating superficial cheerleader Amy Sutton. Johanna finds it increasingly difficult to become accepted by everyone. She finds solace in Elizabeth Wakefield and confides in her that she and Peter are secretly seeing each other but, is hurt when she thinks that Liz has betrayed her after Amy finds out.
Angry and disappointed when Peter scrawls a note stating that they shouldn't see each other anymore, Johanna finds that this is the final straw and drops out of school for good. Elizabeth tells Peter what has happened and he is torn about what to do, on the one hand he deeply cares for Johanna yet, on the other, he is too scared to let these feelings show.
Will Peter be able to persuade Johanna to return or is she destined to feel like a failure forever?

This book dealt with its issues such as insecurity and loneliness incredibly well. I felt that I could really relate to Johanna as she found it difficult to be accepted by her father because, she didn't believe that she was 'special' enough unlike her sister Julie who shared the same interest in music as her father. I was also quite surprised at the ending which wasn't a typical 'girl gets her guy after pining for him a long time'. I personally would have loved to have seen Peter and Johanna get it together but, I think that Johanna needed to deal with her own issues first before getting herself into a relationship. Besides, Peter was a fool for not standing up to Amy and showing his true feelings to Johanna.
All in all, it was a great book and I'd highly recommend it to any SVH fan.

Wow, this book is a great book. It has a lot of mystery, suspense, adventure, love and everything you could want. I suggest you buy this book before they run out!

Ms. King has the ability to make me feel every emotion I have ever had. While reading this small but powerful book of poetry, you will feel as though you have met and known each and every character as she does. If you have ever visited or lived in the Pacific Northwest or the Hudson Valley (or for that fact, anywhere inbetween), you will enjoy these poems again and again. Let's hope she has another book 'in the wings'.