Susie Jones’ new best friend Julie fancies her older brother Steve. But Steve currently has a date and Susie is trying to keep this secret from Julie as she is scared they will fall out over it.
Blossom, an alien from a flower-based race, adopts human form to take work at the Seaview Hotel.
New girl Josie Goulden looks so sweet and angelic, but Maria Campbell soon finds out that Josie is a nasty schemer who is trying to push her out of her position as class captain with a series of tricks and frame-ups to discredit her. Josie’s tricks have all but Maria’s best friend Beth Parker turning against her, and Maria is finding that Josie is too clever to be caught out.
In time, Maria learns that Josie’s over-indulgent father promises her expensive gifts and vast sums of money if she achieves any particular thing at school, which he sets. As a result, Josie cheats her way to achieve them and receive the rewards her father promises. The reason why Josie pushed Maria out of the class captain job was that her father had promised her a new stereo if she became class captain.
When Josie’s tricks get Maria suspended, Maria and Beth join together for a last-ditch plan to expose her, which succeeds. Josie is expelled and Maria is reinstated to both school and her former position as class captain. Maria forgives her apologetic friends, but doesn’t forget how Josie showed her who her real friends are.
A couple of girls pick on Joanne for being brilliant at schoolwork and call her “swot rag”. To stop the bullying, Joanne starts deliberately underachieving. Once she starts doing this the bullying does ease up – but then Joanne’s mother gets the inevitable letter from school about her deteriorating school work. Joanne has to admit what is going on, and her mother says to get some backbone and get back in there with her schoolwork. Joanne is afraid to do so because of what the bullies might do – until she finds out the real reason why the bullying started in the first place.
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Danger Girl, codenamed “Z” , is the prettiest and toughest agent in Britain’s Secret Service.
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When Nancy Wilson waters her sunflowers with a special growing powder, they just grow and grow. Nancy climbs the sunflowers to look for her cat Prudence and finds herself in The Land of Nowhere, a magic wonderland. In the Land of Nowhere, Nancy gains magical powers, but gets herself into trouble each time she uses them.
Twin sisters Cathy and Lara Farley have been adopted by an exclusive club of international athletes. But sports and staff start causing divisions between the twins.
Wendy Webster’s family buy Wishing Well Café, complete with a wishing well. Its wishes are guaranteed to come true – with help from Wendy, who has discovered a secret entrance into the well. This enables her to intercept wishes that are thrown into the well and make them come true.
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In Victorian times, gypsy girl Laurel Lee makes a living by giving puppet shows. Laurel’s sister Leona is accused of stealing a necklace and goes on the run. One of the puppets, Fairy Goodwish, starts coming to life to give Laurel clues to track down the real thief.
Selma Jenks’ father is in hospital, and Uncle Tristan takes over the running of his farm. His focus on profit-making threatens Selma’s animal sanctuary, so she turns to animal training to make a profit out of her sanctuary too. But this annoys her rival, Miss Lavinia Leech.
