Family Secrets

by Kate William · 1988

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Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield are thrilled when their cousin Kelly Bates arrives in Sweet Valley. Kelly's mother is planning to remarry and hopes that living with the Wakefields for a while will prepare Kelly for life with a new stepfather and two stepbrothers.

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As soon as Kelly arrives she shocks her cousins by going out with troublemaker Kirk Anderson. Then she announces her plans to stay in Sweet Valley and live with her father. She says he's the perfect dad, but that's not the way it looks to the twins. Their cousin seems to have a blind spot when it comes to her father, as well as to Kirk. Will Kelly find out what's keeping her from seeing the truth?

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childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of this
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nostalgianostalgiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adultchildrens
Length
short · 149 pages

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