Teen Confessions #40

A girl eager to shed her tomboy image buys daring new clothes and makeup, hoping to fit in with the sophisticate crowd—but her rapid transformation costs her more than she bargained for, including the friendship of someone who's always been there. "Too Much!" explores what happens when growing up comes on too fast, and whether the thrill of fitting in is worth the price of losing yourself.

When a girl proposes Jack Tobin as her date to the sorority picnic, she's furious to find Claire Reese making a play for him—and enlists her friends to keep the two apart through a series of scheming interruptions. As the narrator tries increasingly desperate moves to win Jack's attention, she discovers that her jealous maneuvering might cost her the one thing she wants most. A 1966 romance about how far a girl will go for love, and what it takes to realize she's been looking in the wrong direction all along.

A teenage girl's impatience to grow up fast draws her toward an older man who flatters her maturity, but her rush into romance threatens everything when her parents discover the truth. As Phyllis Leeds struggles between the world of childhood and the allure of being treated like a woman, she'll have to confront just how costly her hurry to be grown-up really is. This 1966 tale from *Teen Confessions* explores the danger of wanting everything too soon.