Teen Confessions #15

A lonely senior who's spent high school on the sidelines—volunteering, helping out, watching others shine—heads off to college hoping for a fresh start. On the bus ride to State University, she meets Bruce, a kind stranger from a nearby town who mistakenly believes she was the most popular girl in her high school class, and she lets him keep that impression rather than reveal her ordinary truth. When Bruce finds her again on campus and discovers who she really is, their connection deepens in an unexpected way that changes how she sees herself.

A young woman dreads her date with Larry, a bookish boy shunned by their peers, and nearly backs out—but her sense of honor keeps her word. What she discovers when they finally spend the evening together challenges everything she thought she knew about him, and about herself.

After spending six years sheltered in a Swiss convent, Anne-Marie Selfridge finds herself thrust into high school where everything feels impossibly foreign—the clothes, the slang, the cynicism of kids her own age. When the charming and impulsive Cat McCabe takes it upon himself to transform her into one of them, she discovers that fitting in might cost her more than she bargained for. A tender story about the tension between belonging and staying true to yourself, set against the fast-paced world of early-1960s American teenage life.

When Judy throws a party and spots a handsome new face in the crowd, she can't help but be drawn to Bob Dolan—especially after her friend Sally stakes her claim on him. But as Judy watches Sally monopolize Bob's attention over the following days, she begins to wonder if there's more to the story than the sophisticated exterior suggests. Crashing Sally's barbeque party, Judy discovers that Bob's interest in her rival may not be quite what it seems.