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...

Sally Burnaby's senior year in high school starts badly, but ends up as exciting as any girl could wish! After arriving home from a wonderful summer vacation, Sally is upset to learn that her best friend, Kate, is going away to boarding school. Then Scotty starts dating a new girl, leaving Sally without a steady date for dances, parties, and football games. Much is happening in the Burnaby family home on Juniper Lane as well - with Mother and Dad, sophomore Jean, grade school Ricky, pigtailed Betsy, and little Jimmy. Among many choices and decision, Sally has to choose new friends, decide ...

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.

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...

Dinny Gordon is a freshman at Rosemont High School. Dinny is hard at work earning money toward a trip to Rome. Although boys are not at the top of her list of interests, Dinny's friendship with a senior boy looks as though it might turn serious. Does a case of measles interfere with romance?

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.

When Tim goes away to college, Pat is left behind to finish her last year of high school. They have decided to date others and keep their lives as normal as possible while they are separated. But Pat grows very impatient. As her senior year goes along, she finds to her own astonishment that she is growing up a little! A friend persuades her to go out for dramatics and she finds an engrossing new world. Thrilled and happy about her discoveries, Pat tries to share them with Tim. But he isn't interested. Pat is so distressed that she wonders about their future together. It is only after Pat ...

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."

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 Pat signs up for summer theater at Northwestern University, Tim is not supportive of her interest in dramatic arts. When Tim disapproves of her plans in theater for fall semester, Pat starts to question their compatibility. Is it necessary to share all the same interests in a relationship? Pat is further confused when her sorority sisters take an interest in Tim. As her year progresses, Pat begins to understand that true love should add something to her rather than take part of her personality away.

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."

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?

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?"