Hey - I'm giving away my entire California Diaries series over at my YA/Nostalgia blog.  Go to this link to find out how to enter to win!
Thanks,

http://whatireadbackthen.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/california-diaries-giveaway/

How much does a complete collection of California Diaries go for? I looked on ebay, and there are a couple auctions up but no bids. Are there many here who would pay for a complete set?

Same thing for Friends Forever.

Thanks!

I've been rereading the California Diaries lately and one thing has always bugged me: HOW do the teachers at Vista enforce journaling if they don't collect the journals or have the students demonstrate somehow that they're journaling? Do any of the characters ever mention how they do it? So far, all the characters have said is it's compulsory but ( Read more... )

10 icons made from California Diaries illustrations. Enjoy :)

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and they are really pretty depressing books.

Hi everyone. :) Does anyone know the name of Sunny's handwriting font in the California Diaries series? I love the font but I can't ever find it. :/ If anyone can help, that would be great!

Thanks so much!

I was just rereading Sunny's third diary.  It's definitely the strongest of the California Diaries series, and POSSIBLY EVEN the strongest book of the entire mega-series.  (I think it might be, but it's hard to compare this book to, say, The Truth About Stacey, Mary Anne Saves the Day, Kristy's Big Day, or Boy-Crazy Stacey, all of which are ( Read more... )

Are the members of vanish--james, justin randall, patti, bruce--in grade 10 or 11?

When the CDs first came out, I didn't read any of them. Yesterday,  I read  CD # 1, which is Dawn's. And I was surprised. I knew they were mature themes and they delt with themes such as anorexia and Sunny's mom's cancer, but I wasn't expecting this.

These were the three main surprises:

1) Sunny gets drunk. I never expected someone like Sunny to get ( Read more... )

Is it just me or did anyone else not know that the California Diaries series was related to the BSC books? I  have never heard of the CD stories.