So I've decided to get all the books again and start reading them from beginning to end. In volume 21, readers learn that Ricky is Italian. I'm 35 now. Surprise!, Runaway Hamster, The Twins' Mystery Teacher, and several more. Sweet Valley High is one of the most popular series in literary history. I even had every sweet valley teen book as well. Series reading order, cover art, synopsis, sequels, reviews, awards, publishing history, genres, and time period. This series is alternately titled Sweet Valley Twins and Friends. * Sweet Valley Twins-- Super Editions-- Super Chillers-- Magna Editions-- The Unicorn Club-- Team Sweet Valley For other books involving Sweet Valley and its characters, see: * Sweet Valley Kids-- Super Snoopers, Hair Raiser Super Special, Super Specials * Sweet Valley Junior High More There are two characters that sound vaguely ethnic, Ricky Capaldo and Maria Santelli, but nothing is mentioned of their ethnicity in the early volumes. The last fifteen years have been majorly kind on the twins from Sweet Valley High. The series has also broken several records when it comes to sales, though that achievement isn’t so impressive when one realizes that Pascal wrote over a hundred Sweet Valley High books. 20 years lAter I'm still annoyed over Jessica's charActer but I love these stories. The early Sweet Valley High books exclusively feature white people, very unrealistic of our society. Back when I was 12 maybe 13 I had all the sweet valley high books. See the complete Sweet Valley Kids series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. In fact, they almost give the Saved By The Bell cast a run for their money. The complete series list for - Sweet Valley University Francine Pascal . The Sweet Valley Kids book series by multiple authors includes books Surprise!