Teen-In #3

When a boy named Tommy discovers that his crush Tippy has been spending time with a rival named Ashley, he hatches a scheme to make her jealous—by pretending he's secretly engaged to glamorous movie star Lulu Lushiss, using an old fan photo he'd requested months earlier. But when Lulu actually comes to town, Tommy's web of lies threatens to unravel in hilariously embarrassing ways, forcing him to do damage control before everything explodes in his face.

Tippy's admirer Ashley has been impressing everyone with wild big-game hunting tales, but when her skeptical friends suspect he's all talk, they devise a clever trap using a remote-controlled toy mouse to expose his true colors. What starts as a scheme to deflate his ego takes an unexpected turn when Ashley's reaction to the gadget leads to an amusing twist on who the real hunter is.

Tippy is determined to snag a go-go dress she spots in a shop window, but when her friend Go-Go suggests she earn the money herself, Tippy lands a job as a salesgirl—and promptly discovers that working retail is far trickier than charming her dad for an allowance. As mishaps pile up faster than her paychecks, Tippy learns that sometimes the price of getting what you want comes with unexpected costs.

A lonely girl who's turned to food for comfort gets an unexpected chance at connection when a classmate named Mike asks to share her lunch bench—and later, invites her to the roller rink. As Judy discovers what it feels like to be wanted, she finds the motivation to transform herself, only to be swept up by the popular crowd and risk losing the one person who truly saw her. "Love Starved" is a heartfelt story about learning where real beauty comes from.