Alison MacDonald was horrified when her best friend, Meg Sinclair, started to date Brent Adams a new boy at school. Brent was very good looking and could be charming, but Alison knew of him previously from her old school. Underneath he was a nasty piece of work, however it was proving impossible to convince Meg of this.
Wilma Simpson was a shy girl and her parents sent her to Windrush school in the hopes that she would gain self confidence there. Wilma found life at the school hard but she made a friend in Lorne, a wild girl who lived on the nearby moors.
A school cruise excites her other classmates but Cressie Collins is apprehensive. Her friends help her get over her homesickness but not everything goes smoothly on the cruise. Cressie can cause problems by being impulsive luckily her friend May Hatton who was more sensitive, helps her gets out of tricky situations.
Rita, Georgina Mary and Priscilla were four girls who bumped into each other by chance and discovered a common interest – music. They joined forces to form a band.
Jill Dixon lived in an old part of town and most of her friends had moved away. When she met a girl her own age she hoped they would be friends, but Sharon often acted strangely.
Dot Smith and Dale Sanders were inseparable chums known as the 2 Ds, until Diane Hart came from Australia to lodge with the Sanders. Now Dot felt she been overthrown for Diana.
Sally Lenton had just moved to the village of Hollybrook. Whilst exploring, she went to the grounds of Denby house and spotted an unhappy girl at the window. She found out the girl was Fran Halliday and her mother kept her a prisoner because she was afraid Fran may catch a dreadful disease and die like her elder sister did. Mrs Halliday agreed Sally could be friends with Fran on the condition she could not ever leave Denby house, as she didn’t want her to bring any germs in. With the help of Mrs Gill the housekeeper, Sally sneaks back to her mother and with her agreement, she goes back to Fran to stay for the school holidays.
Suzanne Toller who lived at Milton Manor made friends with Elaine and Jim Donley from the local estate. Both sets of parents disapproved of the friendship and this led to problems.
Tennis ace Sharon Randall was absolutely obsessed with the game, but her friends Nikki and Jess didn’t share her fascination. They tried to interest Sharon in other things but she found it hard to appreciate anything which didn’t involve tennis and usually ended up on her own…
Tina Brown tired of being ignored blurted out her friend Carol’s troubles at a party and was now feeling guilty.