For it's 25th anniversary celebration, Sweet Valley Middle School is burying a time capsule - and a special schoolwide contest will decide what will go inside. Identical twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield are each determined to win. Jessica is teamed with her fellow Unicorns, and Elizabeth and her friends are with George Henkel, the shyest boy in school, who is without a mother and who hardly ever sees his father.
With the race just about even, Elizabeth stumbles onto the one thing that will definately make her team win - an old football that belongs to George Henkel's father! It's the football that was used to score the winning touchdown at Sweet Valley's first state championship. Now, there's more at stake than just winning. Maybe Elizabeth can also bring George and his dad back together again . . . if Jessica doesn't get to the football first!

"How's your time capsule project coming along?" Mr. Wakefield asked.
"My teams got two terrifi things already," Elizabeth announced. "All we need is one more. And if we can get what we think we might get, we'll be a shoe-in."
Jessica glared at her. Then she beamed at her father. "My team's got great things, too."
"That's good," Mr. Wakefield said. "I'm glad this isn't turning into a battle between the two of you."
"Oh, no," Elizabeth said. "Nothing like that."
"There's no battle," Jessica echoed, looking at her sister. Not yet, she thought.

What is Mrs. Wakefield up to? Jumping to Conclusions