Amy Sutton

Amy Sutton is a character in the Sweet Valley series of books.

Amy was first introduced in Sweet Valley Twins as the best friend of Elizabeth. She, Elizabeth and another friend of theirs Julie Porter, were the founders of the Sweet Valley Middle School newspaper, the Sixers; and added to that, Amy was also in Madame Andre's ballet class along with Elizabeth and her sister, Jessica. She was also a member of the Middle School cheering squad, the Boosters, which infuriated Jessica, her friend, Lila Fowler and other members of the Unicorn Club, who had originally wanted the Boosters to be an extension of their club.

In the time between the end of Sweet Valley Twins, and the beginning of Sweet Valley High, Amy and her family moved to Connecticut, because of her mother, who was a sportscaster, received a job on the East Coast. In SVH #29, Bitter Rivals, Amy moves back to Sweet Valley, when her mother receives a job offer near their old home town; but the years apart were fraught with changes. Amy was more interested in her looks and boys than she had when she and Elizabeth were friends. (During her time in SVT, she was more of a tomboy) Amy also had a rivalry with Enid Rollins, who was Elizabeth's best friend at that time. Elizabeth and Amy broke off their friendship, although they were still cordial to one another, while she also began to be friends with Jessica, Lila and Cara. However, her and Jessica's friendship would become very testing in several books.

In fact, Amy kind of superseded Cara's place in Jessica's life; because Cara was hanging out more with Elizabeth. She was also known for being very boy-crazy. She had crushes on many boys, including Ken Matthews; Peter DeHaven; and Tom McKay. Her interests with Peter were blunted by his one off date with Johanna Porter, the sister of her old friend, Julie. When Ken was blinded in a freak car accident, Amy, out of her shallow pride, dropped Ken as a boyfriend. She was interested in Tom McKay, but was turned down gently by him, because he had discovered that he was gay. However, Tom matched him up with his best friend, Barry Roark, and that calmed Amy down enough to be loyal to him.

Amy had also had a crush on Bruce Patman and was intent on breaking him and Regina Morrow up as a couple. She succeeded in that, but she did not realize that her actions had inadvertently led Regina to hook up with a group who did drugs. She tried cocaine, but because of a heart murmur she had had since birth, she died. Amy, like the rest of the students at SVH, was in shock and sadness. She later spread rumors about Molly Hecht giving Regina cocaine, which lead to her being ostracized. This allowed Amy to avoid any responsibility on her part for having unintentionally caused Regina's death. This ends up angering Jessica because even she knew it was a lie, Molly was innocent and tells Liz what is going on. Amy was later confronted by the twins who are angered by her behavior. They both made her see the consequences of her actions that lead to Bruce going back to his old ways and Molly almost taking her life because of her cruelty. Realizing how horrible she behaved, Amy confessed to her part in causing Regina's death, got suspended, kicked out of the cheerleading squad and her friendship with Jessica became strained after the incident with Molly.

In Sweet Valley High: Senior Year, Amy's friendship with Jessica suffered when she and Lila took Melissa's side that ruined Jessica's public image. However unlike Lila, Amy was more than happy to follow Melissa's Anti-Jessica campaign. After Melissa began losing more of her friends to Jessica and started to find out what life is like in her rival's shoes, Amy remained at her side.

Amy wasn't mentioned in Sweet Valley Confidential nor in the Sweet Life.