Janet Howell is driving Jessica Wakefield crazy! Janet is on of the most popular and important girls at Sweet Valley Middle School, but when she's mean, she's really mean. And ever since she and her sort - of boyfriend, Denny, got into a huge fight, Janet has been utterly impossible. So Jessica decides to get Janet and Denny back together. And i it takes a little fib to do it, well . . . all's fair in love, right?
Not quite. Jessica's twin sister, Elizabeth, overhears her scheme, and gives Jessica a lecture on lying that hurts her feelings. So Jessica makes a wish on a falling star: that Elizabeth would have to tell nothing but the truth. But when her wish comes true, Jessica is anything but happy! Not only can't Elizabeth stop telling the truth, she can't seem to keep her mouth shut - about Jessica! Can Jessica reverse the wish in time to save herself from Elizabeth's obnoxious honesty?
How far can you stretch the truth before it snaps?
What was so terrible about lying? Jessica wondered. When it didn't hurt anyone and it helped things move along faster than normal, what was the big deal about telling a couple of lies? A person couldn't be honest one hundred percent of the time. If Elizabeth thought she could be, then she was already telling a lie - to herself. At least Jessica was trueful about her lying. She didn't pretend that she was above it.