Sharon, Maria and Brock are part of a cultural immersion trip to Italy. As luck would have it, Rome is the home of Maria’s maternal grandparents.

In an effort to prove she’s not such a “girly-girl” Sharon decides to form an all girl rock group for a battle of the bands contest sponsored by a ‘girls’ magazine.

Brock and Maria start to play pranks on each other. The practical jokes catch on and soon everyone joins in on the ‘fun’.

Sharon, the only one in her crowd who’s not half of a couple, overcompensates by raving about her romantic Italian boyfriend, Marcello.

Feeling bored with her life, Sharon is looking for a major change in routine. When her dad announces that he’s moving in with his girlfriend Lauren, Sharon doesn’t react as negatively as her brothers.

Brock writes a school play, Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde. Sharon and Nina audition for the title role(s), but Nina wins the lead because her evil Ms. Hyde is so genuinely convincing - and Sharon is assigned the part of understudy.

Sharon and Connor are teamed on a science project/contest that Connor really wants to win.

When Sharon demonstrates a natural talent for psychological insight, she suggests Maria join the boys’ hockey team to improve her game.

When a hockey puck bonks Alden on the head, he suddenly thinks that he and Sharon are still a couple.

When Sharon was younger she dropped out of ballet class. After realizing that she’s still passionate about the artform and regrets having quit, she decides to start taking lessons again.

After Sharon is mistaken for being “13 and under” once too often, she determines that it’s because some other girls her age are better developed.