Kitty’s big ambition was to become an actress, and she had gotten a part in a television commercial with her cat, Cleo. On the first day of filming, Cleo was stolen and Kitty was sure a girl called Philly was responsible.
Jane had gone to the seaside to stay at Bella Vista Holiday home while her parents were away. On the beach Jane found an old metal box. Unable to open it she hid in the ruins of Roule Castle, returning later with her friend, Ben. When they uncovered the box they were chases by some sinister men who were also after the box, they managed to escape.
In Victorian London 12 year old, Polly Peters escaped from the poor house where she had been taken after the death of her parents. After an accident, Polly and her dog, Rags, were taken in by businessman Mr Turner. When he had to go away for work, Mrs Turner rejected both of them, despite Polly’s effort to win her love, she even sent Rags away.
Mary Richardson and her wealthy father moved in to a big mansion in a new town. She was trying to buy friendships at her new school, Rampton Comprehensive but she was not succeeding.
On the day, Ashley Morgan’s grandad was meant to meet his friend Jake Allen at a trysting tree, he collapsed.
When Sarah, a promising young swimmer, was adopted by the rich Mrs Jones she thought her dreams had come true. That was until Mrs Jones told her the real reason for the adoption was to stop her swimming ever again. But Sarah was determined to keep swimming no matter what the obstacles.
Schoolgirl Pippa, volunteers at a hospital taking a library trolley around the wards, and she always ends up helping patients along the way.
Jane Green and her friends attend St Jude’s school.
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Julie Trotter befriended Stella, a girl from the planet Venus. With the aid of Phocus her robot camera, Stella was studying the planet Earth for a school project.
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Orphan Ellie Snow was forced into stealing by her brutal Uncle Fred. She was arrested for bag snatching and she escaped dazed and shocked, when the police car crashed. She hitched a lift to Devonshire then collapsed in the doorway of village shop and the owner Mrs Warner mistook her for her own niece Helen, who was due to arrive that day.