Preston wins the boy's half of a raffle dinner for two at a trendy restaurant. But the girl's winner is haughty Dancy Cologne. Debra begins to fear that Preston will have a lousy time… and then, that he won't.

Debra bets Dancy Cologne that she can out-draw her at the Centennial Days festivities and entertainment – by launching Preston out of a cannon.

Irrepressible Debra Delong transfers to Camfield High and persuades new friend Preston Lunford to compete in the Talent Show to get back at her longtime rival Dancy Cologne.

When Debra discovers Preston has a birthday coming up, she and her cousin Marla endeavor to sneakily discover what he wants for the perfect gift.

When normally distant Dancy, spurned by a boy, swears off romance, Debra decides to trick her into a new relationship by staging a horror movie in the school with Dancy as unwitting co-star.

Tough basketballer Jo "The Slammer" Briggs is invited to enter a school Fashion Show, which Debra thinks is the perfect chance to change her scary image.

Dancy Cologne challenges Debra to a high-stakes rematch of the spelling bee in which Debra famously trounced her six years ago; an easy win except that Debra is suddenly stricken with stage fright.