Paula Perrine

Paula Perrine is a minor character in the Sweet Valley High series.

Paula, a sophomore at Sweet Valley High, made her one and only appearance in SVH #92 She's Not What She Seems. She passes herself off as shy and unassuming, but, much like the case of Suzanne Devlin, what was on the surface and what was underneath were worlds apart.

Jessica Wakefield and her friends were involved in a school play, of Shakespeare's MacBeth. Jessica had the leading role of Lady MacBeth, while Lila Fowler was one of the Three Weird Sisters, which angered her (she wanted to be the role of Lady MacBeth).

However, Jessica became friends with the unassuming Paula, which perplexed everyone. Paula also began to become friends with Amy Sutton and who, as a sophomore, was closer to her own age).  Liz was a staunch defender of Paula, until it was discovered that she was certainly not as shy as she played herself off to be.

Paula was the understudy to Jessica, and her intent was to be the star. So, she plotted to get Jessica out of the way. She fed Jessica a false story about being abused and being alone in Cold Springs. Jessica drove up to Cold Springs (something she dreaded, due to the incidents she had encountered with Lila, after she stranded her there facing phony shoplifting charges in SVH #71 Starring Jessica), to see if Paula was all right, but she discovered that the conniving sophomore had sent her on a wild goose chase, which allowed Paula to take over on opening night of MacBeth.

After the curtain calls, Jessica confronted the vicious Paula on her lies. Paula, by now, her true nature revealed, was snobbish, and accused Jessica of being jealous. She flounced out of the auditorium with her followers following behind her.

The next day, everyone had met at the Wakefield's home to enjoy a swim party, even after the second performance, where Jessica was back in her leading lady status. Paula came over, gushing about her triumph, while everyone looked at her with resentment.

Paula wondered why nobody was happy for her, and she then erupted against them when she said they were ALL jealous of her talent. She then tripped over the Wakefield family dog, and fell into the swimming pool, to the amusement of everyone in attendance. After that, the spiteful Paula was never seen again in Sweet Valley.