Katya Reynolds, an orphan was being given ballet lessons by famous ballerina Milada Danyushka, and was being held in a house on an island owned by her and her maid Irina. The island was being guarded by fierce swans. Both women seemed to fear being discovered and Katya discovers they are in hiding from two men, so she tries and help them.
The town of Mumford was being terrorised by a strange cat-woman, who took revenge on anyone who was unkind to a cat. Neither Janet Lynn or her cousin Grace realise that an old statuette now in Grace’s possession was controlling the situation and that Grace was actually the cat-woman who remembered nothing of each episode.
Twins Katie and Kim were being looked after by their older sister while their mother was in hospital. Both twins had taken part-time jobs at the annual village fair, to help pay their way. There they had entered fancy dress contest. While there Katie recognized a thief who had raided the shop where she worked. He was dressed as Artful Dodger.
When Alice Benn’s mother was killed in a motor accident, Alice took on the job of helping her cabinet making father with his office work. But before long she begin to suspect that her father could neither read nor write.
Donna Murray aimed to win the Southern Ballroom Queen title in a dancing contest, knowing the money would help her widowed mother. Donna’s dance partner was Graham Bennett, but her well off snobbish Aunt Sophy was determined to make her dance with her Cousin Clarance instead.
The Freemantle family had a mystery guest, a girl called Cathy, who had lost her memory after a fall from a horse. When two men from the mysterious Alpha Project broke into their house search for Cathy she decided to move someplace else. Lindsay Freemantle went with her to help her.
A text story following the ordinary everyday life of a girl named Janie.
Lucy loves writing letters, to fan clubs, magazines, agony columns, en-pals, chums, aunts, uncles, grandparents, great-aunts, great-uncles…in fact she’ll write to anybody!
Lily’s father had been reported missing, believed dead, in the Far East. Lily was desperately trying to hide the news from her sick mum, fearing the shock may kill her. But it also meant Lily was forced to secretly work in a factory by day and study at night.
Tina Lawson doesn’t find it easy being the daughter of Kit Lawson, record star and tv star of the cop show, Kestrel. Especially as her father is also impulsive and impractical. Her mum was his manager, but they fought so much they split-up, now Tina has taken over the job and problems!