How excited was I to hear that the Sweet Valley High series was being reissued? This excited.
And then today I learned that the books aren't just being reissued, they've been updated. Ominous, no? Well, yes, particularly when you discover that in the original books the Wakefield twins "wore a perfect size 6" and in the new books they are now "a perfect size 4".
As Gawker puts it "just to make sure preteen and teenaged girl readers are sufficiently insecure about their bodies, the publisher made the "perfect" clothing size a couple of notches more restrictive".
Puts the new Famous 5 into perspective, doesn't it?
(Thanks, Gemma.)
