Dear Amanda — Rosemary Vernon

Everyone's wondering who is behind "Dear Amanda", the new advice column in the school paper. Everyone, that is, but Tina.

Tina loves playing Amanda. She's excited about her mysterious new identity, and thrilled by the success of her column - students really are taking her advice! But something is still missing from her life - that special feeling for one particular boy. How can she be so unhappy when things are going so well, Tina wonders. Is she asking for too much? Why are other people's problems so much easier to solve than her own?