Lesley Choyce

Carrie has made a demo tape and wants to sing in her brother's band at an outdoor festival. Ernie lets her sing one song. Full of confidence from her first public performance, Carrie goes off to her first day of school. Sadly, her friends are in another class and the girls in her room make fun of her.

Carrie has made a demo tape and wants to sing in her brother's band at an outdoor festival. Ernie lets her sing one song. Full of confidence from her first public performance, Carrie goes off to her first day of school. Sadly, her friends are in another class and the girls in her room make fun of her.

Carrie says she'll organize everything for a camping trip if only her mother will take her and her brother and their best friends for a first-ever night in the woods.

Carrie wants to be part of the cool crowd.

Mick and his high school friends call it street cleaning -- four of them beating up on one guy they don't like the looks of. Mick likes the action, but he'd rather be playing drums.

More than anything else, Carrie wants to roller-blade.

The odds are stacked against Melanie and Trent, who are trying to stay in high school while holding down part-time jobs to survive.

The odds are stacked against Melanie and Trent, who are trying to stay in high school while holding down part-time jobs to survive.

At first, Ryan Cooper thinks a new pulp and paper mill in East Harbour will be a good thing, providing employment for the residents of his home town. But Ryan's girlfriend Alana is more worried about the mill's environmental impact.

When Corey gets caught opening the boys' washroom window to let smoke out, he's resigned to being called a troublemaker.