Twins Amy and Lesley Carter get tired of people treating them exactly the same, right down to giving them identical birthday cards and presents. They set out for some individuality and hope people get the message and stop treating them identical just because they are twins.
Belinda Stewart is blind, but also a talented singer. Her managers are Gloria and Keith Foxton, who promise her she will make enough money to receive a cure from a famous American doctor. But in fact the Foxtons are out to pocket any money Belinda makes for themselves.
A weird old lady passes on a strange power to Susie Green. When Susie sneezes, whatever wish she makes at the time comes true. But this causes problems because Susie sneezes a great deal as she has so many allergies, and the heat of the moment has her wishing things she doesn’t mean.
Text story. Lara Dennis and her mother move to a poorer part of town. Lara pretends to be from a wealthier area to impress her new, snobby classmates and gets caught in a tangle of lies.
The Watson family have always been hard up, but become rich when Mum wins big on the pools. The daughter Kathy, believing in “fair shares”, is determined to share her good fortune with her friends. Unfortunately her generosity always seems to backfire and make her unpopular.
Dinah Whittington is trying to find a Saturday job and befriends a cat. At first the cat seems lazy, but when he shows an incredible talent for catching mice, Fiddlem’s Department store hires Diane and her cat – now named Mouser – as a pest control service.
Becky Howard buys a pair of figurines, Pierrot and Pierette, but accidentally breaks Pierrot. Since then, she has lost one boyfriend after another and becomes convinced it is Pierette’s revenge on her.
Atlanta is a mermaid from the sea whose secret comes under threat from fortune hunters, and there are hijinks as she struggles with the ways of humans. In a sequel, Atlanta’s Tale, her secret is again under threat when photographers catch a glimpse of her tail in the water and become determined to capture a photograph of it and make themselves rich.
Samantha Brent is the only female in the household and does not shine at sport like her brothers. This has her brothers and father taking her for granted, expecting her to wait on them all the time, and sneering at her for not being good at sport like them. Fed up with this, Samantha starts to secretly train as a rhythmic gymnast and show her brothers she can be a sporting success too.
Next door neighbours Gwen Hammond and Jane Morris have been friends ever since they can remember. But their friendship is threatened when they start at Vale Park Seniors School and are put in different houses, which has them competing against each other.
