In the early 19th century, Mary Elliot lives with her widowed father. Mr Elliot invented a machine he hoped would make them a fortune – one of the very first sewing machines. Mary sets out to sell this “marvel” machine, but meets with many difficulties through fear and ignorance.
Stella Starr is an alien who becomes stranded on Earth. She has many strange powers and has to adjust to living on Earth. She takes on various jobs during her stay, including being a policewoman, stunt girl and holiday rep.
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When Jenny Smith’s father falls ill while abroad, Mrs. Smith flies out to look after him, leaving the children in the care of their Aunt Ivy. Jenny is a keen athlete but finds it hard to train properly as Ivy refuses to look after the children when Jenny is not at school. So Jenny ends up having to take her younger siblings to training with her.
While escorting two valuable horses to Rome, young grooms, Vicky Redman and Paula Page’s plane is hi-jacked and taken to northern Greece. The passengers are safely transported to Athens but there was no suitable transport for the horses. So the girls decide to stay with the horses and ride to Athens themselves. They have a difficult time when they encounter bandits and also when the horses go missing.
On his retirement as groundsman at the Larkston Country Club, Minnie Bigg’s grandfather is to be turned out of his club house. So, Minnie, a promising young tennis player, is trying to earn enough cash, by winning tournaments, to buy him a new house.
In a sequel Grimley Sports Club is under threat from Astra Engineering, which wants to use the grounds to build a factory. Minnie, has to win championships to prove her club is worthwhile. But she has a rival in Val Logan, who is being sponsored by Astra.
(Mighty Minnie – 1971)
(Mighty Minnie – 1977, Art: Guy Peeters)
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In the 1930s the Mackies live in the rough Australian mining town of Kallora. The family are poor but Mollie, the eldest tries to help out her widowed mother by doing odd jobs to earn money. Mollie is a talented musician and has taught herself to read sheet music. The miners of the town help out first by getting her an old piano and then funding her studies.
Carol Carter owns an old cauldron that had once belonged to an old lady who was said to be a witch. This gave the cauldron strange powers, and sometimes caused chaos!
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Cindy works in her father’s cafe washing dishes but she wants to be able to cook. Her attempts usually turn out disastrous though!
Sandra Best lives with her aunt and uncle, who treat her badly and make her do all the work in the house and the laundrette that they own. She believes that her father owed them a debt that she must pay off. One thing she gets enjoyment out of is her talent for sewing and dress making.
(A Slave Called Sandra – 1971)
(Miss Busy-Fingers, 1979)