Title: Senior Class (Wildfire)
First published: September 1982
Description: **Text from 1982 book jacket:**

She wants this year to be different …

More than anything, Mary wishes that she could make friends, talk to boys...that she weren't so alone.

Then she meets Sandy and Jimmy, who give her warmth and friendship. And they introduce her to Whit, the most popular boy in school. Mary likes Whit right away, but she's not sure how to let him know about it.

For Mary, senior year is both difficult and exciting - a year of reaching out, of trying new things, of getting hurt sometimes, of growing up, and loving... 

**Text from 1983 book jacket:**

*If only I weren't so shy.* 

Mary wishes more than anything that she weren't so afraid of people, that she could make friends, talk to boys...that she weren't so alone.

Then she meets Sandy and Jimmy, who give her warmth and friendship, and introduce her to Whit, the most popular boy in school. Mary likes Whit right away - but she's not sure how to let him know it. Besides, he dates lots of girls. Sandy wants to help Mary, but she and Jimmy are having problems of their own.

For Mary, her senior year is both difficult and exciting - a year of reaching out, of trying new things, of getting hurt sometimes, of growing up...and of loving.