Next of Kin: What Chimpanzees Tell Us About Who We Are

Next of Kin: What Chimpanzees Tell Us About Who We Are
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Truly enlightening

Fascinating chimp behavior

My favorite book

where to even begin...

an eye opener

Next of Kin: What Chimpanzees Tell Us About Who We Are
Roger Fouts , and Stephen Tukel Mills
Manufacturer: Audioworks
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Binding: Audio Cassette

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For three decades, primatologist Roger Fouts has been involved in language studies of the chimpanzee, the animal most closely related to human beings. Among his subjects was the renowned Washoe, who was "endowed with a powerful need to learn and communicate," and who developed an extraordinary vocabulary in American sign language. Another chimpanzee, Fouts writes, "never made a grammatical error," which turned a whole school of linguistic theory upside down. While reporting these successes, Fouts also notes that chimpanzees are regularly abused in laboratory settings and that in the wild their number has fallen from 5,000,000 to fewer than 175,000 in the last century.

Book Description

Roger Fouts fulfilled humankind's age-old dream of talking to animals by pioneering communication with chimpanzees through sign language. Now, in Next of Kin, Fouts tells the dramatic story of his odyssey from novice researcher to celebrity scientist and caretaker of a family of chimpanzees, to his impassioned awakening as a crusader for the rights of animals.

At the heart of this captivating audiobook is Fouts's magical thirty-year friendship with Washoe, the chimpanzee he met when she jumped into his arms. We follow Washoe as she grows from a mischievous baby chimp fresh out of the NASA space program into the matriarch of a clan of chimpanzees. Living and conversing with these sensitive creatures has given Fouts a profound appreciation of how much we share with our closest biological relatives, and what they can teach us about ourselves.

This stirring tale of friendship, courage, and compassion will change forever the way we view our biological -- and spiritual -- Next of Kin.

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Truly enlightening.......2007-06-21

At age 62, I still look for writers who will change and deepen my sense of our human nature and our place in the natural world. More than writers about religion per se, I think these writers are able to help us advance our moral and spiritual understanding and reconcile our human/animal natures. For some years I've been reading Goodall and others on primates, but Next of Kin was, for me, a pinnacle illumination. Even if you aren't interested in these types of questions, I think this book will move you deeply. If you ARE interested, may I also suggest the recent Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets.

Fascinating chimp behavior.......2007-02-25

Although this book was written some time ago, it is exceptionally timely because the information is fascinating in relation to the chimpanzee training and interacting that it describes. It is a page turner because the lives of the author and his chimps are entertaining and engrossing. Also, the lack of compassion for chimps in laboratory studies is still a huge problem worldwide; poaching is still prevalent, and this behavior is reinforced by the backward and ignorant thinking that stems from bible thumpers who fear the truth about evolution and our relationship to the great apes. Roger Fouts and his wife have provided an invaluable service to our understanding of chimps and their close relationship to man.

My favorite book.......2006-09-01

This book is a very thorough treatment not only of the plight of the chimpanzees who have learned American Sign Language, but of other captive chimpanzees and free-living chimpanzees as well. It explores science, philosophy, and philanthropy as they relate to our relationship with our next of kin. I appreciate how honestly it is written and it has since become my favorite book (ten years and counting...).

where to even begin..........2006-05-15

This was a book assigned for a class I took on comparative (animal) psychology. In addition to having a few humorous anecdotes of monkey business, it introduces concepts of zoology, linguistics, and psychology more generally. It also raises questions about what it really means to be human or animal. It's not dense reading, but the issues that it raises are not light either. It's worth the struggle. The mark of a good book: even a few years after reading it, I still recommend it to folks. Including you.

an eye opener.......2005-12-03

I enjoyed this book very much. It is an eye opener to the way research animals are viewed and sometimes treated in our society today but it is written in story form so it does not come off as boring or preachy. Since I work with research animals I found the book to be very educational. It gives you insight into the varying degrees with which people interpret "proper care and well being" of these animals. But the most interesting part about this book is that you get to see just how chimps learn and how more interestingly, how they feel about people and things happening in their lives since they are able to communicate with humans via sign language.
At times it was very sad to read about the fate of some of these chimps but it is written in a way that takes you along for the ride on this man's journey to his destiny working with and speaking for (and with) chimpanzees.

I did find the last chapter (I think it was called back to Africa) to be a little draggy and unfocused. This chapter seemed to jump around in a non-smooth fashion but the rest of the book is excellent.

If you are an animal lover or are just interested in the bahavior of our closest living relatives, the chimps, then I highly recommend this book.

Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America
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a must read for any middle school or high school age girl

Absolutely imperative if you are a woman

Linking women's equality to Title IX

Much-needed history for today's young women

Richie's Picks: LET ME PLAY

Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America
Karen Blumenthal
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Can girls play softball? Can girls be school crossing guards? Can girls play basketball or ice hockey or soccer? Can girls become lawyers or doctors or engineers?
Of course they can...

today. But just a few decades ago, opportunities for girls were far more limited, not because they weren't capable of playing or didn't want to become doctors or lawyers, but because they weren't allowed to. Then quietly, in 1972, something momentous happened: Congress passed a law called "Title IX," forever changing the lives of American girls.

Hundreds of determined lawmakers, teachers, parents, and athletes carefully plotted to ensure that the law was passed, protected, and enforced. Time and time again, they were pushed back by Ãžerce opposition. But as a result of their perseverance, millions of American girls can now play sports. Young women make up half of the nation's medical and law students, and star on the best basketball, soccer, and softball teams in the world. This small law made a huge difference.

From the Sibert Honor-winning author of Six Days in October comes this powerful tale of courage and persistence, the stories of the people who believed that girls could do anything -- and were willing to fight to prove it.

A Junior Library Guild Selection

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a must read for any middle school or high school age girl.......2007-08-10

I am a middle school English and Social Studies teacher, and I just finished reading this book. I think it's a must read for any middle school or high school age girl. It's a bit dry in parts, but has a good explanation of how our government actually works with respect to a topic that has certainly affected their lives (whether they know it or not!) There are some more interesting side bars, and I really enjoyed the charts of statistics showing how the numbers of girls and women in different areas of sports and education increased every year following passage of the law. I think current teens will be surprised to find out how little was allowed for (or expected of) girls even at the time that their moms were entering school.

Absolutely imperative if you are a woman.......2006-10-17

I consider myself quite well informed about current women's issues, but had always wondered what the impetus was behind Title IX. I had no idea that the law we hear about that applies to women's equal access to sports, was aimed at equal access to college admissions and financial assistance. I cried several time while reading this book; I was mad at the earlier treatment of women, I was saddened by the personal stories of disappointment suffered by the women who were shut out of playing games they loved only because they were girls. I was also proud of the triumphs of the recent past, but mostly I was moved to buy another copy and pass it around to as many women as I can. ANY WOMAN WHO HAS PLAYED SPORTS OR GONE TO COLLEGE IN THE LAST 30 YEARS, OWES IT TO THEMSELVES TO READ, APPRECIATE, AND SHARE THIS BOOK WITH THE NEXT GENERATION OF GIRLS. Laurie in Utah

Linking women's equality to Title IX .......2006-08-29

Let Me Play puts a passionate perspective on the plight of women in the fight to obtain simple civil liberties and human equalities. Author Karen Blumenthal presents her work in a format targeted to a young audience, making this easily manageable book appealing to people of all ages that appreciate the continuing battle for equal rights.

Let Me Play is not simply the history of Title IX, part of the 1972 education amendments to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, but an outline of the ongoing fight women have endured in demanding equal treatment. It tells the stories of women all over the country fighting for recognition as something more than homemakers. Let Me Play fervently depicts, through narration, anecdotes, pictures and cartoons, the ways women fought, and still fight, for status as equal humans of equal worth.

In her book, Blumenthal vividly profiles the lives of many empowered women from soccer superstar Mia Hamm, who grew up playing on boys' soccer and American football teams, to 1993 University of Louisville Medical School graduate Dot Richardson, Olympic softball gold medalist and orthopedic surgeon. The stories of these women are heartening and relatable. No matter their field or occupation, each of them was once a girl growing up in a boy's world.

Let Me Play is a powerful addition to the unique genre of children's books adopted by Blumenthal, celebrated author and Wall Street Journal reporter. She has a way of capturing the meaning and relative application of a major historical event and conveying it in a way that is straightforward and dynamic, educational and entertaining.

Let Me Play is, essentially, the very recent, very true and very shocking story of girls being denied the right to not only participate in school-sanctioned sports and activities but also to take top-level math and science classes and be admitted to top universities, solely because of their gender.

The underlying message of Let Me Play is this: Know the words of Title IX and remember that, by law, no one can deny you the right to play, learn, advance and win.

A fiery and well examined recounting of the road to equality for women peppered with fun political cartoons and unforgettable quotes, this book is a necessity for any girl who plays ball in a once strictly male park.

Much-needed history for today's young women.......2006-01-26

I'm so glad to see a history for today's young women about what it was like before Title 9 - which, while it wasn't that long ago, seems unreal to my daughter's generation. I remember The Days Before, when the boys got the gym and were formed into athletic teams while the girls got WHAT PASSED for PE - calisthenics in the cafeteria! (and instructional time was used to move the tables and chairs aside)

In a day when feminism is facing a hostile backlash, Ms. Blumenthal's book is a valuable reminder that "what used to be" wasn't as rosy as some claim, a reminder of the gains made in sports by talented girls, and of what we DON'T want to return to! Five stars!

Richie's Picks: LET ME PLAY.......2005-06-13

"Female admissions to colleges and graduate programs picked up speed, driven by female ambition, the law, and a growing acceptance that it was simply wrong to reject someone just for being a girl. Between 1971 and 1976 the number of women attending college jumped 40 percent. By the fall of 1976 one in every four law students was a woman, up from fewer than one in ten in 1971; likewise, a quarter of first-year medical students were female, up from about one in seven just five years before."

Recently at this year's Book Expo in New York City, I had the pleasure of meeting and conversing with Patricia Macias. At publishing conventions, Patricia is known as the wife of author Ben Saenz. But back home in El Paso, she is more frequently referred to as "Your Honor."

As I wandered the exhibition halls at Book Expo, I frequently got the chance to catch up with old friends in the publishing industry. Many of the women I've known for years who are employed by the large publishing houses now have titles like "President & Publisher" or "Vice President and Associate Publisher." They not only have the positions; they have the power that accompanies those titles.

I also had the opportunity at Book Expo to chat briefly with my favorite member of the United States Senate. I feel so fortunate to be represented by Barbara Boxer who, like me, grew up in New York and moved westward. When we first elected Barbara to the US Senate in 1992, having her join Diane Feinstein there in representing California, it was the first time in US history that two women Senators were representing the same state at the same time.

Myra Bradwell would have though that it was long past time.

"In 1869, Mrs. Bradwell passed the Illinois bar exam with high honors and turned in her application to practice law. Though she easily qualified, she was turned down because she was a married woman. She filed a lawsuit, but the Illinois Supreme Court turned her down too, saying that her sex was 'a sufficient reason for not granting this license.'
"In one of the nation's first sex discrimination cases she appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. But America's top court had a different view than she did. 'Man is, or should be, woman's protector and defender,' the Court wrote in 1873. 'The natural and proper timidity and delicacy which belongs to the female sex evidently unfits it for many of the occupations of civil life.' It concluded: 'The paramount destiny and mission of woman [is] to fulfill the noble and benign offices of wife and mother. This is the law of the Creator.' "

It does not require looking back a hundred and something years to the life of Myra Bradwell (who, we learn, persevered to become America's first female lawyer) in order to recall when things were really unfair for women in America. I grew up a youngster not all THAT long ago, in a world where women didn't have the same opportunities as men to go to college, didn't have the same opportunities as men to work in many fields, to attain the highest positions in business, government, or education, to get paid the same money for the same work, and sure as heck didn't have the same athletic opportunities as their male counterparts.

As recalled in LET ME PLAY by Karen Blumenthal, it was in 1964 (when I turned nine, the same year the Beatles first came to America), that a Southern segregationist in Congress unintentionally played an important role in promoting women's rights when he "proposed adding the word 'sex' to the section [of the Civil Rights Act of 1964], so that it would forbid job discrimination against women as well as blacks." Congressman Howard W. Smith of Virginia was figuring that adding such an amendment would cause the male-dominated Congress to quickly sink the entire Act including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that the historic Civil Rights legislation would create. That Smith's plan backfired and the legislation passed meant for the first time in our history that it was illegal to pay a woman differently than a man employed in the same position as she.

"State universities in Virginia had turned away 21,000 women in the early 1960s; during the same time not a single man was turned away."

While the author takes us back to the 1800s and forward to the 1960s in setting the stage, the overwhelming focus of her fascinating and important book about women in America is on the fight for passage of and subsequent fights over enforcement of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as well as the far-reaching changes in our country that resulted from that landmark legislation.

Blumenthal's well-documented story of Title IX is interspersed with illuminating profiles and photos of notable twentieth century female athletes who got badly cheated by being born in the backward days of the earlier 1900s, along with great profiles of the federal legislative heroes responsible for Title IX passage, and a terrific assortment of strips from Doonsbury, Tank McNamara, Peanuts and other daily comics and political cartoons that shed light on the legislation and the issues behind it.

"At the University of Georgia the budget for women's sports grew to $120,000 in 1978 from $1,000 in 1973, but the men received $2.5 million. Among the differences: The men on the golf team got all the golf balls they needed. Women golfers got one for each competitive round they played."

If the words of the "stupid white men" on the Supreme Court in the 1870s seem like something from the Dark Ages, readers will discover that the ignorance of those words is easily matched by what Ronald Reagan and his minions did to try and destroy Title IX in the 1980s. I can't imagine any woman who's aware of what Reagan and Bush One carried out in those years not gagging over the current President's recent words that "We are blessed to live in a Nation, and a world, that have been shaped by the will, the leadership, and the vision of Ronald Reagan." I'd say there's a serious lack of vision when you've got your head in the place that Reagan obviously had his when it came to women's rights.

But now the question is, is the battle finally won?

When we consider what portion of Congress and Senate seats are currently filled by the majority gender in America, when we look at what portion of the CEOs of Fortune 500 corporations are female, or when we look at the gender of the Presidents of the nation's most distinguished universities, we must conclude that there is a long way to go.

A report released by the AAUW back when this week's high school graduates were in kindergarten found that "boys' expectations were built up while girls' were whittled back." That's THIS generation, not mine or a previous generation.

And lest anyone suggest the glass half-filled attitude, I'd hasten to suggest that they consider trading places and then claim that things are moving along quickly enough.

Edith Green, a major figure in the story, was fond of the saying: "The trouble with every generation is that they haven't read the minutes of the last meeting." Thanks to Karen Blumenthal, we now have an accurate set of minutes available from a pivotal episode in recent American history.

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An idyllic marine retreat brought to life through sumptuous color photography and crisp, knowledgeable text. Sometimes known as "The Paradise Isles," the Maldives are made up of hundreds of idyllic islands that are famed for their tropical beaches, coral reefs and marine life. To these can be added some of the best island-style hotels in the world. This guide has a superb introduction and covers local geography, history and culture, with special sections on art, food and marine life. There is a comprehensive survey of the luxurious resorts available, and advice on diving and how to organize a boat cruise. It is an excellent book for anyone preparing to visit the Maldives, will make a great companion during the trip, and provide a treasured keepsake after the event.
• Upmarket guide to this exotic destination in the Indian Ocean
• Exceptional color photography, including underwater features, and easy-to-follow maps
• Literary excerpts and sidebars illuminate local culture
• Intimate account by experienced author who has lived in the country
• Addresses the issue of global warming and its impact on the islands' future
• Excellent guide for armchair readers as well as visitors to the islands
• Checklist for the visitor on what to bring, how to book, customs, climate, and a guide to select hotels and resorts
• 80 (mostly) color photos
• 8 maps

Delhi, Agra and Jaipur Odyssey Illustrated Guide to (Odyssey Illustrated Guides)

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Odyssey Guide Nepal Edition (Odyssey Illustrated Guides)

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Take this book with you!
If you are going to Nepal you need this guidebook
If you are going to Nepal, you need this book.

Odyssey Guide Nepal Edition (Odyssey Illustrated Guides)
Kerry Moran
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This prize-winning guidebook to one of Asia's most fascinating and diverse destinations has won rave reviews since the first edition appeared in 1991. Written by a long-time American resident of Nepal, it provides thorough and complete information delivered in entertaining form. Nepal Handbook is packed with up-to-the-minute advice on practicalities like accommodations, restaurants, shopping, and transport. Turn to it for ideas on day trips to unspoiled areas of the Kathmandu Valley, as well as advice on outdoor adventures like trekking, mountain biking, and whitewater rafting.

Customer Reviews:

Take this book with you!.......2001-10-20

Being a traveller who usually swears by Lonely Planet guides, I have to admit that when it came down to taking one or the other, the Lonely Planet book stayed at home and this one made it into my backpack. It's just plain good. I will be sure to check out other Moon Guides in the future. Their series might soon be alongside my LP and Footprint Guide collections.

If you are going to Nepal you need this guidebook.......1998-12-01

This may be the best guide book I have ever used. I think I should write Kerry Moran a fan letter for helping me to have an amazing and wonderful time on my six-week trip to Nepal without always feeling like a clueless tourist. This guide is so well written and interesting that I read it cover to cover during the trip-- even the sections about places we weren't planning to go. The cultural descriptions are informative and sensitively written, but not unrealistically rose-colored. The guides to towns and trekking routes give you an accurate and practical idea of what to expect when you get there without being overdetailed or bossy about telling you what do. The Nepali vocabulary and grammar in the appendix really came in handy and Nepalis, even when they could speak English, seemed genuinely pleased that I was trying to speak Nepali. The maps are not especially good, but then even with maps you would still have to ask directions. This is a great guide for anyone whose itenerary is not set in stone and who wants to get some genuine insight into Nepali culture.

If you are going to Nepal, you need this book........1998-11-25

This may be the best guidebook I've ever used-- I read it cover to cover during my trip, and feel like I ought to write Kerry Moran a fan letter. The advice and information in this book helped me to have an amazing and wonderful experience Nepal without always feeling like a clueless tourist. The descriptions of Nepali culture and customs are sensitively written and indespensible for a mystified first time visitor. The guides for trekking routes and towns are right on the mark but not overdetailed, so you get an accurate idea what to expect without being told exactly what to do. The Nepali vocabulary and grammar in the appendix were very handy and I really had fun trying to speak the language. This book does not have good maps, but I was able to get pretty good maps in Nepal.

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impressive at the least
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The Journey Home For The First Time

Pakistan (Odyssey Illustrated Guides)
Isobel Shaw
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ASIN: 9622174906

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Pakistan Handbook suggests well-traveled and relatively unknown routes through the Pakistani countryside. Travelers will appreciate the detailed itineraries for long and short treks across the Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and Himalaya. Up-to-date information on lodgings from Sindh to Balochistan and dining options from Punjab to the North-West Frontier Province will answer visitors' questions.

Customer Reviews:

impressive at the least.......2007-10-06

This book can provide plenty of help and guide for anyone traveling to Pakistan, foreigners in particular (she mentioned a few things in Lahore, my hometown, which even I did not know). I picked the book from my father's bookshelf to kill my time and ended up reading all of it. She explains most things about the local culture extremely well, without the usual negative tone that most other authors unconsciously get into (no offence for anyone please).

For me if a book gives you the information that you need and makes you read more than what you initially planned, is a five star, so is this one!

Archaeology.......2006-03-26

We visited North Pakistan, looking at the archaeology, and this guidebook was excellent- it covered virtually everything.
We ordered it from London, and it arrived very promptly - and cheaper than the price quoted by amazon.co.uk!

The Journey Home For The First Time.......2000-11-26

My journey home to Pakistan started a little over five years ago when I married a Pakistani national who had immigrated to the United States in the early nineties. The decision to visit my family back home in Lahore City was one that took nearly five years to make. After securing my flight at the height of the summer travel season and I might add the hottest time of year in that part of the Indian subcontinent I desparately sought out the most comprehensive travel guide I could find. Isobel Shaw's book is informative and a godsend to a novice traveller to the Indian subcontinent such as my self. From her descriptions of famous landmarks to the locations of hotels and hospices she gives an accurate account of what to expect. The index of Urdu phrases came in handy on several occasions as I do not speak or read the language and was often dependent on my husband's translating capability. The maps and descriptions of the different regions allowed us to the luxury of travelling to areas of Pakistan I might never have seen otherwise. My only regret is that we were unable to see more of Kashmir than the border checkpoint. Due to my blonde hair and western features the border guards were relunctant to let us in. Perhaps next time I shall be allowed to travel in that region. I would not hesitate to recommend Ms. Shaw's guidebook to anyone travelling in Pakistan. It is an informative and enjoyable book on the people and the country of Pakistan.

Too Good To Be True (Sweet Valley High #11)
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Ouch, Cruel Intentions

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Francine Pascal
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Ouch, Cruel Intentions.......2006-12-17

I bought this book because of the cover illustration of Suzanne Devlin although I already knew that the Sweet Valley books were incredibly bad. Whoever ghost wrote this book did an above average job. The pretty brunette is a baaad girl and fools everyone in California while bad twin on exchange in New York is being treated with disdain by Suzanne Devlin's decadent friends. According to wikipedia, the character was later brought back to Sweet Valley and redeemed. Sweet Valley High books are incredibly terrible so I don't want to encourage anyone to read the books by this review but this book was unexpectedly okay. I learned the name of a style of gold necklace from reading it - lavalier. (I don't want one.)

*~*~*~*~* So Recomend! Too Good To Be True! *~*~*~.......2006-09-23

Too Good To Be True is just too good to be true! It's an exellent book w/ a bit of flaws, but oh well here's what it's about:

Suzy is a beautiful, sophisticated girl from New York. Everybody loves her <33333. She's so sweet and nice! Yeah right, the truth is she pretends to be sweet and nice but she's actually a little witch on the inside (and every other word that ryhmes with it). TONS of guys like her, expect the one she like. MR. COLLINS. She pretends to drown in the picnic to have Mr. C save her! Liz needs to drop of some papers in Mr. C's house but Suzy glady offers to take them for her. When she does, she goes to the garden to find Mr. C gardening, she askes him for a drink out of the ho's, and purposley wet her shirt so he can see her bikini top. She later tells Liz she can take her baby sitting job, so Liz can go out with *sigh* Mr. Perfect Todd! When she arrives at Mr. C's she's all sweet and nice to Teddy (his son) but later she evil and comes out out a few plans. Finally Mr. C shows up, and she tries to kiss him, he say's no. Well
she tells everyone he raped her! Liz meanwhile founds the whole thing wierd?
Is it possible that Suzy is TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE? Read this book to find out!

-Only flaw is that Jessica was at NYC I would love to read about her being jealous of Suzy! Hehe, oh yeah the guy Jessica likes ignores her, until he tries to go to far, but you can easily tell Jess didn't mean ANYTHING to him!

A Bad Apple or Bad Seed.......2005-03-07

Susanne Devlin comes to Sweet Valley from New York while Jessica goes to New York. everyone loves Susanne.Every guy is in love with her.One day,Elizabeth's laviler necklace disappears,and Susanne says she will help her look[or so she said] Susanne want to baby-sit for Mr.Collins's son,Teddy,when she gets there,she doesn't want to play with him,she makes him cry.she takes a bath.she pretends to sleep,and she wants Mr.Collins to offer her wine.He refuses,So to get even Susanne,says that Mr.Collins raped her,and Elizabeth found her Lavalier necklace in Susanne's suitcase when she was going to put a good-bye present in Susanne's suitcase. In New York,Susanne's boyfriend,David tries to make out with her and Mr.and Mrs.Devlin catch him in the act.David offers her wine,too. he calls them by their first names.Tom and Felicia. Jess also went to Susanne's best friend's party,Evelyn Meeker. Winston throws punch on Susanne's dress at Lila's party.everything comes out about Susanne at Lila's party.

Too Good or Too Bad?.......2002-10-15

Suzanne Devlin is staying with the Wakefields.She is beautiful and seems very nice.In fact the whole town practically worships her.They think she is Christmas,Thanksgiving and the turkey all dressed up.The truth is that Suzanne is an evil little deviant who hates everyone in the little town.In fact,she is going to set out to ruin somebody's life.Will anyone find out the truth about devillish Devlin before a life is destroyed by lies??

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Suzanne is a beeyotch!
A wolf in sheep's clothing...

TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE (Sweet Valley High)
Francine Pascal
Manufacturer: Sweet Valley
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0553279416
Release Date: 1984-12-01

Book Description

A devil in disguise.

The Wakefield twins are wild with excitement. Glamorous, sophisticated Susan Devlin is coming to Sweet Valley from New York City. For two weeks, Elizabeth will show her around town while Jessica has the time of her life in New York.

At first, Suzanne seems to be the most perfect girl in the world. She's beautiful and friendly and not the least bit stuck-up. All the boys of Sweet Valley are absolutely crazy about her. But when Suzanne accuses Mr. Collins of trying to seduce her, Elizabeth knows there's more to Suzanne than meets the eye.

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Suzanne is a beeyotch!.......2006-12-30

I really enjoyed this book. It was well written. I have to say that Suzanne is a bonified, tried and true WITCH! I so wanted her to get in trouble with the law. She seemed so perfect and yet she was crazy. Sadly that happens all too often in real life ...

I would recommend this book to Sweet Valley fans though it is officially out of print.

A wolf in sheep's clothing..........1997-01-18

From the very beginning, Suzanne Devlin seems to be too good to be true--beautiful, modest, considerate and kind (hey, sounds like Elizabeth!) As Sweet Valley is cast under Suzanne's charming spell, some things do not quite add up. Mr. Collins is accused of attacking Suzanne and Elizabeth is accused of being insane. What's going on? Read the book to find out how Suzanne makes Jessica look like a saint

8 Titles in Sweet Valley High Series - 2 Secrets - 3 Playing with Fire - 4 Power Play - 5 All Night Long - 6 Dangerous Love - 8 Heart Breaker - 10 Wrong Kind of Girl - 11 Too Good to Be True

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8 Titles in Sweet Valley High Series - 2 Secrets - 3 Playing with Fire - 4 Power Play - 5 All Night Long - 6 Dangerous Love - 8 Heart Breaker - 10 Wrong Kind of Girl - 11 Too Good to Be True
Francine Pascal
Manufacturer: various
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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8 Titles in Sweet Valley High Series - 2 Secrets - 3 Playing with Fire - 4 Power Play - 5 All Night Long - 6 Dangerous Love - 8 Heart Breaker - 10 Wrong Kind of Girl - 11 Too Good to Be True

Sweet Valley High #11 Too Good To Be True

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Sweet Valley High #11 Too Good To Be True
Francine Pascal
Manufacturer: Bantam
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

SWEET VALLEY HIGH: TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. NO 11.

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SWEET VALLEY HIGH: TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. NO 11.
Francine. PASCAL
Manufacturer: Bantam
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TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE (SWEET VALLEY HIGH, NO 11) -- BARGAIN BOOK
FRANCINE PASCAL
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