A sheltered fourteen-year-old Catholic girl from a lower middle class background finds her summer job with a wealthy family a great strain on her resourcefulness and maturity.
Teenager Sarah Lockwood begins her summer job at a Cape Breton resort and is thrilled to learn the most handsome star of her favorite soap opera is staying with his wife on an island nearby--but this exciting happenstance leads her to some hard lessons about the secrets adults often hide.
After the character actors at Disney World go on strike, teenagers Ella, Luke, and Cassie replace them, giving them an opportunity to learn about the amusement park and themselves.
By running small businesses catering to the summer visitors to their island home, Heather and her friends earn enough money for a trip to the Harvest Fair on the mainland.
When Abby lands a job as lifeguard at the swanky Beachwood Country Club which is usually reserved for members, she faces a lot of mean-girl attitude. Abby tries her hardest hoping to win the annual life-guarding competition with its college scholarship prize, while struggling with her feelings for a fellow lifeguard whom she's not allowed to date due to club rules.
Presents summer work ideas for teenagers, including paying jobs, internships, and volunteer opportunities, and provides guidance on job finding, resumes and cover letters, interviewing, and legal matters.
After losing his summer job with his uncle, sixteen-year-old Michael agrees to go to work for an environmentalist magazine in Vermont run by friends of his grandparents.
As Leila and Charli have been dreaming about their summer jobs at a world-famous fashion house in Rome for months, but when someone gets them fired on their first day, they set out to find the person responsible and get their jobs back.
