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- Season 2

(2002)

On the first day of high school, each freshman in matched with a mentor. It is now when Sharon meets Dion, her mentor, who at first seems really strange. She then gets bullied by Alden's mentor, Evie.

It's Sharon's 14th birthday. While Helen prepares a family outing for her, Sharon's got other plans. However, her best-friends are busy and Alden is getting tired of her.

As Helen won't give Sharon 100 bucks for the ski trip, Sharon starts working at the mall, that's got a new owner, Bill. However, things aren't as easy as she imagined.

At Brock's advice, Alden starts hanging out with Tess, a cheerleader. Bothered by this, Sharon writes him an email, that unfortunately ends up on the school website. In turn, Alden breaks up with her.

Still depressed about the breakup, Sharon is willing to do anything to be noticed by Adam's friend, Tony.

Although Sharon is not invited to Alden's hockey game, she goes anyway. While Alden is flirting with a new girl, Marlo, Sharon would want to become friends with him but all she does is cause problems.

Sharon is getting ready for the fashion show, where she is Dion's model. She's also troubled by Nina's comments and starts dieting. When Harrison has a crush on Sharon, she is forced to lie since she's not attracted to him.

Despite Sharon's protests, Maria starts promoting sports clothing for a fashion company that uses dead animals. Connor looks after a baby.

Sharon is followed around by a reporter and a cameraman from TV3 for a competition. She tries to appear someone else - someone popular - for the camera. Her friends help her lie her way out.

After being saved by Alison's dad, who is a fireman, Connor approaches Alison and wishes to become her friend. Maria and Sharon use this as an opportunity to get back at Nina.

Maria thinks Sharon's grandpa is being racist toward Maria's new boyfriend, Cloud, who is Arab. Maria's too fond of Cloud to realize that he treats her bad.

Although Sharon needs to study for her History test, she takes on a homeless dog Maria names Lorenza, as the dog looks like her aunt. As she's not allowed to keep the dog, she needs to find a new owner.

Sharon needs a date for the wedding and thinks Alden may want to get back with her. However, Alden gets closer with Marlo, who is also fancied by Brock. Then they are cast as a couple in a school play, which enrages Marlo.

Helen is going to Hawaii, on vacation with David. Although she hires a babysitter, the sitter bails on the first day. Adam, Sharon and Josh decide not to tell Helen and live on their own for a week. This includes a party on Saturday night.

Dion makes Sharon an offer she can't refuse: to become the anonymous writer of the advice column of the school's newspaper. She soon end up influencing her friends' decisions but hates not getting any credit for it.

Richard reconnects with an old friend, Lauren. They soon start dating and Sharon is not very happy about this.

Adam needs to decide which major he is going to choose but he doesn't know what he likes to do except for wrestling. Sharon wishes to become a vet but she is not very good at biology. To get back, she messes with Adam's choice.

On spring break, Helen's old friend, Marsha, comes around. Sharon needs to hang out with Marsha's daughter, Genesis, who's a fan of Mangled Metal. Pretty soon Genesis becomes popular among Sharon's friends.

Sharon has to wear a new accessory for her braces. To get back at Nina, she helps spreading the rumor that Nina has gotten a nose job over spring break.

Sharon and her classmates each need to take care of a life-size baby doll to learn how to handle parenting.

Josh really wants a shinny purple suit for his performance. Sharon gets into perfumes until she learns the perfume company does animal testing. She tries to get in touch with them but she's being avoided. So she starts protesting.

Maria, Sharon and Brock go to Italy, to visit Maria's maternal grandparents, who are strict. Sharon starts flirting with their neighbor, Marcelo. In the end she learns Italy is different than home.

Sharon must prove she's not girly. She therefore founds a band, X-Sisters, with Alyson and Maria and enters a girl band competition. Motivated by finance issues, Mangled Metal enters the contest too, wearing girl clothes.

Maria gets Sophie make Brock drink 17 banana smoothies in a row. Connor does things with Alyson. Alden is busy with Marlo. And Sharon - just wants to have fun, even if this means losing her best friend.

Marcelo comes to Elkford for two weeks to see Sharon. Adam and Tony have a new business in school, delivering anonymous messages to people. As Marcelo's "Italian manners" are different, Sharon is bothered.

Sharon meets Lauren's rebel son, Griffin, and is surprised to actually like him. He dares her to take part in less legal things. Caught smoking, Sharon gets severely punished by her parents.