Gather around for a summer field trip to the community library. It’s 1989. What to read? You’ve already blazed through all the Sweet Valley High books, and you’re looking for the next adventure.
The circular wire rack near the Fabio-covered romances is beckoning, but you know there is stuff in those books that might make you blush. You’re 10 going on 17. That’s why you read Seventeen magazine. So it’s the Young Adult rack for you. It’s filled with Sweet Dreams paperbacks.
Formula: Teen girl becomes fish out of water and must prove herself to her peers. Boy notices her. But will they be torn apart by circumstances?
I’m tempted to go back and read all 233 of these books, one by one (assuming I could find any of them). I randomly stumbled upon this Goodreads page, which jump-started my memory of the Sweet Dreams book series. Honestly I had forgotten that I had ever read them until I saw the book covers. The “P.S. I Love You” cover is giving me serious flashbacks. I remember how that book felt in my hands!
Did you ever read this series?
P.S. This site has a great reference guide to all the best 1980s teen series. Soooo many memories.
