The Tender Time Author:Denise Cass Brookman The story of Stephanie Rodgers is the story of every teen-age girl who remembers her first love - her first date, first dance, first kiss. Stephanie is not beautiful, yet there is something special about her. She is not interested in boys and her first date has to be arranged by her parents. The boy is Scott Parker, and so begins the wonderfu... more »l business of growing up and being Scott's girl. Stephanie's loyalty to Scott makes it difficult to see the unsettling truth but all the while it can be read in the quiet, patient eyes of Jim Stuart, who sustains Stephanie in the lonely process of growing up.« less