Sneaking Out

Synopsis: Jessica's idol Johnny Buck is coming to sweet Valley for a concert, but the twins are not allowed to go see it because they are not old enough. Jessica is determined to go to the concert no matter what, and thinks of a way to get the money for tickets. She sees an advertisement at Casey's about someone watching Mrs. Bramble's dog for three days. Even though Jessica is terrified of dogs, she takes up the offer as an attempt to get quick cash, and successfully gets the job and receives her money in advance. However, once she gets home, Jessica doesn't spend any time with Sally (the dog) and requests the other Wakefields to do it. At the day of the concert, Jessica is ready to leave when Mrs. Bramble phones her and mentions that she would be coming to pick Sally around the same time as the concert. Jessica doesn't know what to do, so she ties Sally up to the tree in their yard and leaves. Needless to say, Sally escapes and Elizabeth tries to find out where Sally ran off. Apart from this, Jessica realizes the concert is not as grand as she thought it would be and ends up having a horrible time there. Will Jessica be able to fix the mess she has gotten herself into? Review: I actually felt sorry for Jessica in this book. No matter what trouble she caused for everyone to go see the concert, I felt bad when she was humiliated, rejected, and guilty that she did not live up to her responsibilities. There were also some parts in this book that made me laugh out loud, such as when Steven overhears Liz giving tips to Jessica about Sally, and assumes they are talking about boyfriends. The only part where I thought the story would have been written better was if Mrs. Bramble had given a more severe punishment to Jessica for causing her all the grief of making her run around town looking for Sally. Mrs. Bramble seemed a little too understanding and I didn't think her punishment did justice to what Jessica did. Nevertheless, this was a really fun book to read. If you want to see Jessica get punished for her schemes, you will enjoy this one.

In this book, Jessica Wakefield gets a job dog sitting for an elderly neighbor for $25.00. Instead of watching the dog, she takes the money and sneaks off to a concert leaving the dog tied up to a tree in the backyard. To make matters worse, the dog escapes and runs off. While Jessica is at the concert she learns that her favourite singer is nothing but a huge phony. To make matters worse, when she returns home she must confront her neighboor and tell the truth about abandoning the dog to sneak off to a concert. ~~Kat

Jessica wants to see Johnny Buck,but her parents won't let her twin sister Elizabeth or her see him,only Steven and his date. Some of the Unicorns aren't allowed to see Johnny Buck,either like Mary Wallace,Ellen Riteman and Tamara Chase. Jessica sees this ad in Casey's Ice Cream Parlor for dog sitting. She takes it. She meets Mrs.Bramble,an elderly lady with an elderly dog named Sally.She takes Sally to the Wakefield home when Mrs.Bramble is on Vacation,she takes good care of it untill Johnny Buck's concert.She sneaks out to Lila Fowler's house,she ties the dog up,then it got away,I thought It went after a cat who scratched Sally's nose.Lila and Jessica go to the Johnny Buck concert together,and she wants her hat,which Johnny threw to her a year earlier autographed.At Intermission,Bruce Patman and Jess go on a Coke Break. After the concert,Jessica gets a big surprise,It wasn't a one-of-a-kind-hat and Johnny has tons of them. The one autographing them are a fat man and a woman,not Johnny himself. Jessica lost 1 of the earrings for Mrs.Wakefield's birthday present. Jessica makes it up to Mrs.Bramble for her carelessness by walking the dog every Saturday and Sunday. Jessica met Brooke Dennis who kicked Sally when Jess was out walking her.What a Witch!