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Sweet Valley High Magna Editions #2
The Wakefield Legacy: The Untold Story
Follow the compelling stories of the women and men who came before Jessica and Elizabeth
Frontiersman Theodore Wakefield thought he'd lost his heart forever; will Dancing Wind make him love again?
Turn -of-the-century beauty Sarah Wakefield marries against her father's wishes -- only to become the mother of a fatherless child.
Betrayed by his true love, Ted Wakefield must forget his past to find happiness with brilliant journalist Julia Marks.
During World War II Robert Wakefield receives vital radio messages from P.O.W. Hannah Weiss and vows to find her when the war ends.
Ned Wakefield struggles against injustice In the idealistic sixties, then fights for the heart of beautiful Alice Robertson.
Discover new lives and loves in the further unfolding of the biggest, best Sweet Valley story ever!
Frontiersman Theodore Wakefield thought he'd lost his heart forever; will Dancing Wind make him love again?
Turn -of-the-century beauty Sarah Wakefield marries against her father's wishes -- only to become the mother of a fatherless child.
Betrayed by his true love, Ted Wakefield must forget his past to find happiness with brilliant journalist Julia Marks.
During World War II Robert Wakefield receives vital radio messages from P.O.W. Hannah Weiss and vows to find her when the war ends.
Ned Wakefield struggles against injustice In the idealistic sixties, then fights for the heart of beautiful Alice Robertson.
Discover new lives and loves in the further unfolding of the biggest, best Sweet Valley story ever!
345 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1992
About the author
Francine Pascal
1,092 books1,771 followersFrancine Pascal was an American author best known for creating the Sweet Valley series of novels. In 1982 she created the characters and the stories for the first six books and her agent, Amy Berkower of Writers House sold them to Bantam Books. Book number one is mostly written by Ms. Pascal. From then on she wrote the stories for every book ever published in the series. After the first book ghostwriters were hired and edited by Dan Weiss' packaging company.
Ms. Pascal was married to writer John Pascal (July 8, 1932 - January 7, 1981), and her brother was Broadway lyricist Michael Stewart (August 1, 1924 – September 20, 1987).
Pascal died of lymphoma at New York-Presbyterian Hospital on July 28, 2024, at the age of 92.
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Ms. Pascal was married to writer John Pascal (July 8, 1932 - January 7, 1981), and her brother was Broadway lyricist Michael Stewart (August 1, 1924 – September 20, 1987).
Pascal died of lymphoma at New York-Presbyterian Hospital on July 28, 2024, at the age of 92.
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January 7, 2011
I can't lie. I was OBSESSED with this book as a kid.
January 17, 2023
i can see why i loved this so much when i was a kid but i’m extremely glad YA readers have the books they have today!
April 23, 2008
see, i can even remember the year i read it! oh, sixth grade, when i started reading series like the end was coming . . .
my favorite of the stories (i can remember them all!) was the one set during WWII, where the solider promises to fin the radio operator. man.
this book is like a soap opera/nora roberts serial for the younger set. i remember liking reading about the history of the wakefields, and i liked the history in it. i know i read it more than once, but that doesn't mean a whole lot - i read every book back then at least twice. still, it was fun and different.
though i also remember being kind of annoyed that all the wakefields were men (which makes sense, of course, as you have to pass the name along) but even at my young age, i wondered if this meant that one of the twins would keep their maiden name if they got married. sigh. early feminism!
(also kind of amazing how YA lit has changed so much in the past two decades. i mean, really, it's kind of incredible.)
my favorite of the stories (i can remember them all!) was the one set during WWII, where the solider promises to fin the radio operator. man.
this book is like a soap opera/nora roberts serial for the younger set. i remember liking reading about the history of the wakefields, and i liked the history in it. i know i read it more than once, but that doesn't mean a whole lot - i read every book back then at least twice. still, it was fun and different.
though i also remember being kind of annoyed that all the wakefields were men (which makes sense, of course, as you have to pass the name along) but even at my young age, i wondered if this meant that one of the twins would keep their maiden name if they got married. sigh. early feminism!
(also kind of amazing how YA lit has changed so much in the past two decades. i mean, really, it's kind of incredible.)
April 18, 2012
I liked the idea of seeing the family history of the Wakefields, but I found some of the situtations in the book unbelieveable. Like how each of the paternal side of the Wakefield met up so often and fell in love with the maternal side. There were some characters that I liked, like Dancing Wind. I felt as though they killed her off liked they usually get rid the most interesting characters in the Sweet Valley series. I didn't like the descriptions of the characters, because it's always the same.
Blonde hair, blue eyes=Beautiful Girl
Tall dark haired= Handsome guy.
Blonde hair, blue eyes=Beautiful Girl
Tall dark haired= Handsome guy.
March 24, 2010
I read this after I read most of the Sweet Valley High Series. I LOVE history & I love family news so with this combined with a love story it was a really fun and exciting read for me :)
December 22, 2015
Such a fun, easy, throwback read. Enjoyable if you just let it be what it is.
October 6, 2014
Boring, melodramatic, and with some really problematic ideas about women. I really disliked Ned's attitude about Alice's relationship with Hank. You obviously don't think she's that smart if you won't shut up about what terrible taste she has and assume that Patman is playing her.
I had also thought this book was going to be about the men, but apparently girls won't read a book about guys.
I was really dissapointed with this one. I had really liked the first one.
I had also thought this book was going to be about the men, but apparently girls won't read a book about guys.
I was really dissapointed with this one. I had really liked the first one.
March 17, 2009
I used to LOVE reading Sweet Valley Twins and Sweet Valley High books. I even think I read this book twice, (I know, maybe I shouldn't admit that). Ha Anyway, who doesn't love Jessica and Elizabeth!?! I know I do. :-)
February 6, 2008
This was a favorite book in junior high. I ran across it when I was cleaning out my basement. I decided to read it to remember what all the hype was about. Yeah... But it was for laughs.
January 27, 2023
One of the few Sweet Valley books that kinda stuck with me, especially the part with the earthquake at the hotel.
October 17, 2020
OMG DON'T JUDGE. I have very fond memories of this book from when I was a teenager, okay? And it was still engrossing this time around.
August 25, 2024
I just can't get into these magna/saga things so far. As much of a snoozefest as the first one, IMO, but then I'm not a fan of historical fiction, so that may be a part of it.
August 11, 2018
I can’t not give this five stars. I read this, plus its companion novel, over and over again as a teen and young adult. I love how it depicts the flow of history: one generation leading to the next with major historical events acting as mere background noise to the more immediate family drama. Combined with the companion novel, I began to see the complexity and coincidence of history, which proceeded to shape my entire life.
It’s probably been twenty years since I last read this. And yet I remember each person’s story - the estranged family members, the circus, the out-of-wedlock pregnancy, the jazz clubs, the world wars, the near-drownings. And what’s more, I remembered the other book, too. Shadows of that other genealogical tale have been lurking in my memory all this time.
And despite the breathy descriptions of all the beautiful characters, and the insta-love relationships, I am pleasantly surprised by how much I still enjoyed this. Superficial beauty notwithstanding, there are some strong women featured here, one who works as a journalist while her husband is out of work, a single mom who raises her son on her own, an eighteen-year-old POW. And issues of standing up for what you believe in and fighting for what’s right are sprinkled throughout the book.
There was also rather a lot of death.
My deepest thanks to Marianne who shares my appreciation for these books and who found this one long after my own copy was lost.
It’s probably been twenty years since I last read this. And yet I remember each person’s story - the estranged family members, the circus, the out-of-wedlock pregnancy, the jazz clubs, the world wars, the near-drownings. And what’s more, I remembered the other book, too. Shadows of that other genealogical tale have been lurking in my memory all this time.
And despite the breathy descriptions of all the beautiful characters, and the insta-love relationships, I am pleasantly surprised by how much I still enjoyed this. Superficial beauty notwithstanding, there are some strong women featured here, one who works as a journalist while her husband is out of work, a single mom who raises her son on her own, an eighteen-year-old POW. And issues of standing up for what you believe in and fighting for what’s right are sprinkled throughout the book.
There was also rather a lot of death.
My deepest thanks to Marianne who shares my appreciation for these books and who found this one long after my own copy was lost.
May 20, 2017
The first Sweet Valley Saga focused on Elizabeth and Jessica's maternal ancestors, descended from Alice Larson (who could have ended up with Wakefield if not for a cruel twist of fate), but this one focuses on the twin's father's ancestors. here, we see the first Wakefield and his encounter with Alice Larson, and what happens after he and Alice are parted from one another.
His story is distinctly different from Alice and the other sagas, so this book remains interesting and isn't a mere rehash of previous volumes. I have to admit, I rather liked the Saga series more than most of the other Sweet Valley books I ever read.
His story is distinctly different from Alice and the other sagas, so this book remains interesting and isn't a mere rehash of previous volumes. I have to admit, I rather liked the Saga series more than most of the other Sweet Valley books I ever read.
April 29, 2009
You know what? It's actually really interesting. If you like long, sweeping historical sagas that tell of several generations, then this is quite awesome. Especially if you also read The Wakefields of Sweet Valley, which goes down the other side of the family tree, you can see how many times the two families did meet up before the twins' parents met and married.
December 10, 2011
It was the bestest sweet valley saga of the boy side of their story! I was astonished when i read the first section of the book. I rated this book five stars because it was exclusive in the end. Now i know how the father and mother of Elizabeth and Jessica and Steven met. If you want to read this book, then it would be the bestest choice to do so. It was the after thrill when I had read the second section of the book. Third generation was a complete surprise, so be prepared to be dazzled on your imagination. :) Glad to help those who are interesting in this book. Goodluck, and happy reading!
January 3, 2013
I have fond memories of taking the Sweet Valley sagas to scout camps and holidays with relations. The bazillion books with the never changing issues of rivalry and love conflicts made me lose interest pretty quickly; but the stories of the Wakefield/Foster ancestors have stayed with me.
It's funny reviewing a book I have last read a decade ago- there are some genuinely sweet stories here, especially the one about Robert Wakefield circa WW2. Obviously aimed at the YA generation, do give this one a try.
It's funny reviewing a book I have last read a decade ago- there are some genuinely sweet stories here, especially the one about Robert Wakefield circa WW2. Obviously aimed at the YA generation, do give this one a try.
May 1, 2012
I liked this one. Not as much as I liked the companion, but this one has my favorite couple out of the two books/five generations/twelve couples. It had Robert and Hannah, Navy man and missing POW who meet over the radio waves and fall in love, who end up becoming Ned's parents and Jessica and Elizabeth's grandparents. I loved them all those years ago, still like them now. It's nice when your childhood books can hold up to the test of time. Well, some of them anyways. :D
January 3, 2016
I remember being so excited when I found this in the library shelves back when I was a kid. Had just finished The Wakefields of Sweet Valley and was curious to read the story behind the Wakefield family's story.
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August 28, 2009Book Details:
Title The Wakefield Legacy: The Untold Story (Sweet Valley Saga Series)
Author Francine Pascal
Reviewed By Purplycookie
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Title The Wakefield Legacy: The Untold Story (Sweet Valley Saga Series)
Author Francine Pascal
Reviewed By Purplycookie
francine pascal, purply's library, sweet valley, chick lit, purply's reviews, books
March 16, 2016
Okay, I loved this when I was like, ten. Not sure how I'd feel about it now, but I'm certain this book (and its counterpart) is, at the very least, a brick in the foundation of my obsession with genealogy.
August 27, 2013
Read this for nostalgia's sake, as I was obsessed with these books in middle school. This time I saw inconsistencies in the story (especially compared with the other Sweet Valley Saga) but still enjoyed it anyways.
March 22, 2020
And, of course, Elizabeth and Jessica's paternal family story...I loved this one, too. Thanks to Leann, the random person who friended me, for reminding me of these "special" editions of the SVH series.
November 12, 2014
Oh, sweet memories!! I loved Sweet Valley Kids-Twins-High!! Along with Nancy Drew, Sweet Valley introduced me to the wonderful world of fiction and I am still as enchanted. I have absolutely no intention of rereading any of these books (lol!)---let the magic stay. <3
November 12, 2007
I read both of these much younger than now. Haven't read them recently, but they provided wonderful reading material when I was home, sick, stuck in bed.
April 3, 2008
Oh My God, I loved this book. To this day i still remember little details from each one of the seperate stories. If I remember correctly it had really good flow and was just fun to read.
June 3, 2008
My favorite book in 4th grade.
August 23, 2009
Follow the compelling stories of the women and men who came before Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield:
November 23, 2009
My favourite book all through teenage-hood. Read it about 5 times :)
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