Happy-go-lucky Dawn Halliday, discovered a hidden cave that was once the home of a witch. While there she looked into a sinister glass ball and was suddenly filled with a hatred of all things light and bright.
A joke became all too serious when Lynne Ross used a rhyming spell from an old book. Her young brother started to behave like a little fiend!
Mistakenly thinking her parents were ashamed of her lack of talents, Pat Rogers became determined to make them proud her. But the harder she tried, the worse things turned out.
After the discovery that Fiona Sharp and Jane Langton had been brought up by each other’s parents, following a mix up in the hospital on the day they were born. It was decided that the girls should change places and live with their biological parents. Neither girl was happy with the arrangement.
Donna Moyle was tall, very tall while Lucy Rowlinson was small, very small. Despite this difference the two girls quickly became firm friends.
Aileen Shaw’s family had to emmigrate to Canada after her father’s business failed. Mr Shaw’s brother offered pay for tickets for family, but couldn’t afford a ticket for Taffy, Aileen’s adored pony, so she was determined to earn money herself.
After the tragic death of their archaeologist parents, Candy and Jill decided to start a small cattery to enable them to keep their home. Then Jill fell victim to a strange delusion believing herself to be the Princess Nefren of Ancient Egypt. Fearing they would lose their home if Jill’s state of mind became known, Candy resolved to keep quiet, even though it meant acting as her slave.
Penelope Fosset-Browne and her father move from the Manor, after Colonel Fosset-Browne’s business fails. Penelope was determined to continue being “Lady of the Manor’ despite the fact she lived in a small cottage, and her snobbish ways cased many headaches for her neighbour Val Brent.
Everyone was surprised when the name Patti Pollock, Clandon Comp School’s liveliest young scallywag, turned up on the Junior Prefect’s list. Of course they didn’t realise she had put her name there herself.
Mary shares a name with her Mum and her Gran, who lives next door. They all used to get on like a house on fire, but then Mum and Gran fell out, and try as she might, Mary can’t bring them together again—which leaves her as the Mary in the middle of the fight.
