Maxine and Deanne have been school rebels. Then Deanne moves away and Maxine calms down. But then Deanne returns, as rebellious as ever. She expects Maxine to be the same, which is causing problems for Maxine.
Carrie is afraid that new girl Lisa is trying to take her best friend Sue away from her.
Julie thinks her new neighbour Anna is a nice, quiet, shy girl until she and her best friend Megan catch a glimpse of her diary. They decide she needs to be kept an eye on.
Karen Fielding’s parents make her change schools because she got mixed up with a bad crowd. At her new school, Karen finds herself in the same class as a group of girls the bad crowd hates. For this reason Karen secretly causes trouble for them while pretending to be friendly. Then Karen comes to her senses and stops her campaign. But when the bad crowd find out about Karen’s change of heart, they swear vengeance.
Sandie Jenkins buys a packet of Sweet Dreams, which are sweets with mottoes on them. Whenever Sandie eats a Sweet Dream, the motto on it seems to come true. Sandie starts getting selfish over the apparent power of the sweets, especially after the Sweet Dreams are withdrawn and she has to make do with the packet she has.
Manda Myson starts work at her mother’s modelling agency during the school holidays.
Denise Fraser strikes up a friendship with Sylvie, a girl who travels on the same bus as herself to school. Then odd, suspicious things begin to happen; everyone who is nasty to Denise ends up in trouble of some sort. Denise begins to have doubts about Sylvie.
Anna Thorpe and her brother Sam are fostered out to the Sanders family while their mother is in hospital. Anna is not keen on living in the Sanders household because the daughter, Carla, is a spiteful, snobby, spoiled girl who always picks on her, but decides to do so for the sake of Sam, who does want to stay. But Carla is trying to get rid of them, so Anna has to constantly watch out for her tricks and foil them in which way she can.
Despite Anna’s efforts, Carla eventually succeeds in getting rid of her and Sam. But she is caught out later on when a witness, Lee, informs Mr Sanders that he overheard Carla bragging about it to his sister, who is Carla’s friend. The Sanders parents are furious and inform social welfare that Carla will be dealt with. Fortunately, by this time Mum has recovered enough to take care of Anna and Sam again. Before long, there are hints Lee and Anna are getting together.
Kathy Cook is an only child who wishes she could see more of her other relations in Barchester. It looks like her wish has come true when her dad gets a transfer to Barchester, where they will be near their family at last. But Kathy begins to have second thoughts once she sees the problems that come with it.
When Meg Walker moves to a new town, she is pleased to make friends with Vicky and Joanne, who live on either side of her. But Vicky and Joanne hate each other, and Meg is caught in the middle.
