Mary Stolz, surely the most versatile and most skilled of [the writers who followed Maureen Daly, but did not imitate her], writes not for the masses who worship Sue Barton Barry [married name of the heroine of Sue Barton, Neighborhood Nurse and the entire series written by Helen Boylston] but for the rarer adolescent who sees in Anne Armacost (To Tell Your Love) a girl of warmth and charm, in love unfortunately with a boy who is afraid to return her love. In a summer of endless days with a telephone which does not ring, Anne slowly understands what has driven Doug away. The poignancy of her losing this first, intense love is a bitter-sweet experience which makes her a little sadder, but a good deal more perceptive of the emotions and reactions of those around her.

The other characters, too, in To Tell Your Love are individuals...