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Sharon's confidence plunges when she gets her braces attached. Will Alden still want to go to the dance with her now that she's a metal mouth? Nina assumes not and does everything in her power to convince Alden that she should be his date.

Sharon's friend Conner gets some acupuncture to treat his allergies and when he gets better, his self-confidence suddenly improves. When Conner starts hanging with a girl he has a crush on,(Tally) Sharon gets a little jealous and starts to think that she may have a crush on him!

When Sharon's braces open the lock to Maria's diary she can't help but read the private entries. When she discovers a list of negative character traits that seem to describe her, Sharon sets out to change her personality while re-evaluating her friendship with Maria. Even though Sharon eventually discovers that Maria's list was about Nina, she soon learns that you should never compromise yourself based on what other people think of you.

Sharon and her mom try to rebuild trust in their relationship after Sharon defies her mom and goes to a concert she was forbidden to attend. Meanwhile, Nina hires Sharon's mom as her therapist.

Alden, who's working in a meat packing plant to raise money for his band, encourages Sharon to apply for a job in the office. She reluctantly accepts the job, but winds up becoming a vegetarian and quitting when her braces begin picking up sounds from the slaughter house next door. She tries to encourage Alden to quit also, and becomes somewhat disillusioned with him when he won't. But her resentment doesn't last long when it's announced that there's a fundraiser barbecue for Alden's band. Sharon wants to go, but is reminded by her nemesis, Nina, that it would be against her principles, since they're serving meat. Sharon decides to go to the barbecue to offer a meat-free alternative, but winds up in an altercation with Nina which results in Alden's guitar getting smashed. Sharon feels awful, but all is well when she discovers Alden carries no resentment over the loss of his guitar. It turns out that he's gotten a raise, so he can afford to buy a new guitar.

When Adam says that he is helpless in romantic relationships, he asks for Sharon's advice. Sharon then decides to take it like a makeover. But, when her makeover turns them into something they are not, both of their relationships backfire.

Sharon decides to confess her feelings of attraction to Alden by leaving a message on his cell phone. When the message is accidentally misdirected to Brock, Sharon unwittingly finds herself receiving new attention from him. Confused, Sharon assumes that Alden no longer likes her. Discovering the truth of the matter takes a while - and Sharon realizes that no boyfriend is worth having just to have one.

Sharon goes on her first date with Alden and ends up having to work like an employee in his family's restaurant. If that wasn't bad enough she gets her first period while they are rollerblading! Thinking that Sharon could be having an appendicitis attack, Alden (who has his own problems controlling a cracking voice) calls for an ambulance. Sharon has to find the strength to face Alden and come to terms with the changes happening in her body. When Sharon learns that Nina is jealous that she got her period first, she starts to wonder if there might be something worthwhile to "becoming a woman" after all.

Sharon has to deal with her conflicting feelings over her Mom's new boyfriend at the same time as welcoming a visit from her own Dad. An attempt to re-unite her parents after seven years of divorce fails and Sharon has to finally face reality - grown-ups aren't going to change things just because you want them to.

Sharon takes advantage of a daredevil opportunity when her braces kick-start her mother's car. But her older brother, Adam, unknowingly takes the blame when she ends up having an accident.

Sharon is braces-free for 24 hours. To facilitate her goal of kissing Alden under peak conditions, she volunteers to baby sit Josh so that she can have a make-out party at her house (Connor is specifically excluded). All plans to secure the Alden kiss go haywire when Josh goes missing and Sharon must live up to the responsibility she assured her mother she was capable of.

Sharon, Maria and Nina have to be Group Partners, working on the Pickford project. After Nina saves Sharon from Drowning, Maria wants her friend back and it Sharon just wants to know what happened between Nina and her.

Sharon's Dad calls up to the family, asks them to visit him for a while. Josh cant come because he has the flu, so Sharon brings Maria along with her brother, Adam. When Sharon finds out that she's not Dad's Favorite, Sharon starts Drinking just to fit in to be one of the Guys!

Sharon and Maria audition for a local talent search in an effort to change their images and be cool. But when Maria starts to make a habit of using the, "Five Finger Discount" It passes on to Sharon and once again her braces react in a Funny Familiar way.

When Nina is forced to resign from her role as school president, Sharon decides to run for the position. But Brock has the same idea and asks Alden to run his campaign, which puts a wedge between Sharon and Alden.

Superstar singing sensation LEENA comes to Elkford to shoot her music video and Sharon, Connor and Nina are picked to be extras. Sharon can't believe her good fortune. She loves Leena. In fact, Sharon wishes she could be just like Leena. Wouldn't her normal, somewhat dull life be much better if she were rich and famous? Not necessarily. Sharon's illusion of fame is shattered when she sees first hand that a celebrity's life isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Sharon must work at the Teen Help Line for a community service project in her health class. But to find out Alden has a secret and doesn't want Sharon finding out, Sharon thinks he's hiding something from her thats about Sharon!

Tally and Conner break up when Tally hears a rumor that Conner's secretly been seeing Maria. Meanwhile, when Sharon learns that her class will be dissecting frogs (and this project will make up the majority of her grade), she completely flips out. Tally approaches Sharon to reveal that she's equally disgusted by the science project. Among other projects, Sharon starts a "cut it out" campaign to abolish frog dissection and finds that Tally is her biggest supporter -- which really irks Maria and Conner.

Sharon wants her mom to trust her more, but when Sharon sets out to get a tattoo, Dr. Spitz has a hard time trusting her daughter's decisions. A psychologist, Dr. Spitz is confident that her parenting techniques will dissuade Sharon from following through with her plan. However, the harder Dr. Spitz maneuvers, the more determined Sharon is to prove her independence. At the same time, a different battle of wills is taking place between Sharon and Connor. When Sharon gives Connor a birthday gift of yoga classes, she refuses to take the hint that Connor's not as interested in this activity as she is.

Sharon calls a psychic hotline to see if Alden is interested in her, and at the same time, she puts off a test in school that will reflect a big amount of Sharon's grade.

Alden, Brock, and Carmen have auditions for their band. Sharon and Maria audition and they get the part. Brock gets a phone call and tells them they're up for an audition in a neighboring city but it's at 11:00 A.M on a school day. The 5 teens pretend to be sick so they can go. They make the audition but afterwards, they get on the wrong bus. They get off in the middle of nowhere until they find a golfcourse with a golf cart lying around so they steal it and make it to a highway just as a heavy thunderstorm blows into the area. Nina and her mom show up and give them a ride back to Elkford. However, Brock is caught by his Dad and winds up out of the band. Meanwhile, Nina and Allison try to prove that Sharon's skipping but it backfires.

Sharon and Maria always gone to Camp Kookalah together both hoping to become camp counselors but Sharon seems to be a little early! She becomes a camp counselor because she is a little older than the rest of her roommates and Maria is one of them. Maria gets put down by Sharon because she got to be counselor.

It's Christmas in Elkford! Sharon prepares to draw Alden's name from a gift exchange in homeroom, but her party is pooped when Nina's name is on Sharon's card. Sharon, at first, wants to get her something cheap, but she decides to get her a plastic angel. Sharon procrastinates, and at the exchange, Sharon has five dollars in pennies for Nina! Just as Sharon is giving Nina the bag, Nina says she does not want anything that year. Sharon could not wait to get home and put the tofurkey in the oven,(Sharon is a vegan) decorate the tree, and sing carols. However, her plan backfires when Helen has work, Josh celebrates Hanukkah, and Adam has to camp out in the freezing weather in the driveway with the family's pioneer-like uncle. Sharon gets so angry, she storms off telling her mother she is going somewhere a "real Christmas" is happening. On her quest to find her "real Christmas," Sharon stops at Connor's, but she leaves because relatives constantly argue. She then goes to Maria's where she takes an almond and wishes she could have her "real Christmas." Maria's was like a dream come true, but she still is not happy. Still confused, Sharon decides to go home. When she walks in, everything is like she planned that morning. Even Sharon's "roughin it" uncle goes inside Sharon's for dinner. Sharon then figured out what to get Nina. She quietly sneaks onto Nina's front lawn, and the next morning, Nina wakes up and looks out her window, seeing snow angels with a "Merry Christmas" message.

While Sharon is at camp Alden proves to be less than poetic or frequent in his letter writing - causing Sharon to worry that he is waning in his commitment to her as a boyfriend. When a new CIT, Jason, appears on the scene, both Maria and Sharon find themselves very attracted to him. Sharon wrestles with conflicting feelings about Alden while Maria considers Sharon's interest in Jason unfair. She encourages Sharon to seal her relationship with Alden in an effort to secure Jason for herself. However, when Jason accidentally causes Sharon to break a band on her braces, their subsequent trip to the dentist gives them opportunity to bond even further. Alden is left in the dust . A sailing regatta finally shows Sharon Jason's true colors and she realizes that Alden is indeed the guy for her.

Sharon's end-of-summer vacation with her family turns disastrous when her dad, Richard, introduces them to his new girlfriend - Nina Harper's mother! Sharon can't believe that there's even a remote possibility that Nina could end up being her step-sister and she does everything in her power to prevent it. Unfortunately, Nina doesn't mind the situation as much as Sharon does. She sees this as the perfect opportunity to get close to Adam. Step siblings can date, can't they? The harder Sharon tries to convince her family that Nina is baggage they don't want, the more Nina endears herself to them. Sharon is finally convinced that she must resort to Nina-like tactics to prove Nina's innate evilness. An attempt to frame her for stealing Adam's championship wrestling ring backfires and Sharon is left bearing the "bad girl" reputation. For Sharon, the entire holiday is her worst nightmare come true… …until she wakes up in the orthodontist's chair and realize that it was all, indeed, a dream. Suddenly, Dr. Hertz's announcement that she will need to continue wearing braces throughout high school no longer seems like the worst fate a girl has to endure.