The second book in Anne Emery's Dinny Gordon series finds Dinny a year older, but still not terribly interested in dating. Although most of Dinny's friends and classmates at Rosemont High have boyfriends, Dinny spends much of her time watching, wondering, and avoiding commitment, until her friend Sue breaks up with Curt Beauregard...

It is a big moment in Jean Burrnaby's life when she is asked to join her high school sorority, the Nightingales. For a while sorority life is a dream come true, but Jean discovers joining a sorority isn't quite what she thought it would be. Jean sees both sides of sororities: the heartbreak of being left out and the disillusionment of being "in." She, ultimately, makes a decision that astonishes Sherwood High.

Dinny Gordon's junior year in high school is unusually filled with problems. Feeling unready to go steady, Dinny struggles with her feelings for Curt and her attraction to Tom. Meanwhile, she takes a job but loses it due to a shoplifting incident. Dinny, then, confronts prejudice among her friends when a Jewish family moves into the neighborhood. A job at the public library is one of the best aspects of her junior year.... until she attends a college lecture that fuels her love of ancient history. And it doesn't hurt that Brad Kenyon is standing by with a helping hand...

Book 4, Dinny Gordon Series. In her senior year at Rosemont High, Dinny finds out about love at first sight. The boy is Steve Denison, a freshman at Rosemont College. But she also finds out that in love, there can be a lot more of giving than receiving. Dinny learns to handle the conflicts of love, school, and the future. And throughout her senior year, Dinny plans for her summer tour of sites of ancient history in the Mediterranean and then classes at the university in the fall. Another nice constant in her life is the support of Brad Kenyon...

Quiet, sensitive Penny Howard has always tried to be as much like her vivacious twin Pam as Pam wished- wearing the same clothes, and letting Pam arrange dates and choose their activities. But as the girls start their senior year at a new high school, in a new town, Penny resolves to no longer be a carbon copy of Pam.. To her surprise, she finds herself quietly cheered on by their mother, and their grandmother, and most happily for Penny, by Mike Bradley, the boy she was afraid Pam had chosen for herself.

Book 1 of the Marcy Rhodes Series. To Marcy's older brother's friend Steve, she has always just been "Squirt." But now she is fifteen and all grown up with a new white formal hanging in the closet, just waiting to be worn! Will Steve be able to look past the Marcy he's always known and see how she has changed?

Sally Burnaby looks forward to a carefree, happy summer with nothing to do but be with Scotty. But she soon discovers that the world does not stop for a couple in love. In fact, she finds that sometimes there are disadvantages to going steady.

Pat Marlowe, high school junior, is the sort of girl who likes to do things for people. For instance, her best, friend, Connie, likes Pat's brother, Mike. So Pat tries to promote a romance. When a would-be author, knowing that Pat's mother is a professional writer, asks for her manuscript to be read, Pat recklessly offers her help and immediately gets into hot water. Now, with the beginning of her junior year, Pat has a definite problem of her own. The boy she dated in her sophomore year is away at college, and she is feeling left out. When attractive Tim Davis shows an interest in her, she...

When Tobey Heydon got married, her fifteen-year-old sister Midge felt both joyful and sad. She was delighted that her sister was so happy and thrilled with the wedding festivities, but sad that Tobey would be leaving home. The best man, Johnny Randall, a smooth talking older man, catches Midge's eye. Later at Green Lake, Midge finds herself attracted to a good-looking, popular young man. Will she fall for this one or will her friend Tom Brooks help her to see the light?

Midge Heydon's sophomore year in high school does not get off to a good start. Her best friend, Judy, is leaving town and Tom Brooks is two hundred miles away. It isn't until smooth and glamorous Sandra becomes her friend that Midge feels that the winter is going to be anything but dreary. Midge is flattered when Sandra's clique shows an interest in her. Midge wonders if she should abandon her childhood friends to become "one of the crowd."

Tobey Heydon and Brose Gilman put their special friendship to the test when they chose colleges a thousand miles apart. To make it worse for Tobey, it seems that Brose can't write more than a ten-line letter! Tobey's plans for a happy summer reunion with Brose are dashed when a Texas heiress gets him a summer job on her father's ranch. Will Brose succumb to Jan Shelby, or is his love for Tobey "the real thing?"

In her senior year in high school, Marcy's steady date, Steve, departs for his freshman year at college. Marcy and some friends in a similar plight form the "Widow's Club." Many of the girls drop out, but Marcy is determined to stay true to Steve...until jealousy threatens to destroy their relationship. Some sound advice from Marcy's brother, Ken, and some straightforward thinking by Marcy herself help her find a fresh new approach to the year of "widowhood."

Marcy Rhodes thought when she turned seventeen "things would be different." She is suddenly whirled into a delightful summer in which things really do change. A visit to a ranch in Colorado, the thrill of meeting new and interesting boys, and a serious romantic involvement give Marcy a truly different outlook and the ability to make a very important decision...

Jean Burnaby's senior year at high school is complicated by a new girl in class named Kim Ballard. Her romantic interest, Jeff, is also getting too serious. The strain of her relationships conflicts with Jean's plans to study the piano. Another great Anne Emery title!

When Tobey Heydon wears Brose's class ring, her family insists that it be understood they are not "going steady." This inevitably leads straight into difficulties and misunderstandings. But what Brose likes best about Tobey, better even than her nearly-red hair and her smile, is that she is so honest. A boy appreciates that quality in a girl. So when she tells him she is going to a college dance with another man, he is secretly reassured even while he growls. However, things become more and more complicated until the class ring changes hands...for a while.