The relationship of Nina, a nineteen-year-old college sophomore, and Mitch, a college dropout, relieves Nina's loneliness but further complicates her life.
Bunny and Emily quarrel over the suitability of a fellow Bunny is seeing, but make it up when Bunny's changing family situation gives her a new perspective.
Thirteen-year-old Sarabeth Silver's life is turned upside-down when her mother dies suddenly, leaving her orphaned, confused, and at the mercy of everyone who seems to know what is best for her.
During the summer internship on a newspaper, fourteen-year-old Vicki develops a love-hate relationship with Chris, the only male intern, and writes a sensational story about her friend Faith which the other interns try to get her to destroy.
Despite their different backgrounds, Sarabeth, a teenager living with her mother in a trailer and transferring to a new school, makes friends with Grant and her affluent friends, including troubled Patty who shares a painful secret about her uncle.
Thirteen-year-old Terri has enjoyed growing up with her dad, but her life takes an unexpected turn when she discovers her father kidnapped her when she was four and that her mother, who she had been told died in an automobile accident, is still alive.