Jo Butler lives in a small town, and when she can get time away from keeping house for her tough step-father and young step sister, Maggie, her one enjoyment is cycling.
Candy Kydd is becoming famous for her singing voice, which doesn’t please her jealous stepmother Kaye. Later she wins a scholarship for training in Italy, which leads her on a quest to find her mother she previously thought was dead.
Netta’s family can’t afford to buy her a horse, so Netta works for a mean horse dealer, Mr Mundy, who allows her to ride any unsound horses.
The Honourable Honoria Ingotsby joins Mersham Grammer School in order to turn their hockey team in to the best team with her wealth, rigorous training programme and herself as a star player.
Mona Master a magician has been invited to a kingdom of Minivonia, where all the people are little. The King has promised that Mona’s “magic” will make them tall.
Debby Carlton lives isolated with her father on an island in the Pacific. Then an opportunity presents itself to let Debby see more of the world and she hopes she can expose George Frame, a man who had claimed a painting of Mr Carlton was his own work.
Betty and Eva investigate mysterious events at their boarding school.
In 1860 China was at war with Britain and France. The Royal Palace at Peking was looted and nearly all the Sacred Dogs were killed except one that was saved by Linyi, Servant of the Dogs. Linyi sets off with the Sacred Dog to meet with her Great Uncle (an abbot of Lamasery) in Tibet.
Kate Lee a gipsy girl was being educated at Norrington School for Young Ladies, where her aunt Miss Thompson is headmistress. When other pupil’s parents find out she is gipsy they want Kate expelled.
When he died violinist Rupert West left his cook’s daughter money and a violin on the condition that she passed a certain music exam by the end of the years. His relatives want that money so they wish to see Vickie fail.
