Although still at drama school, Steffie Stevens was already a popular actress. But Steffie had a secret enemy in her ‘friend’ Kim. Kim was jealous of Steffie’s popularity, and was determined to ruin her career, so that SHE could take over.
Thirteen year old Shirley Lawson had the same rare blood type as Julia Milson Smith, the spoiled daughter of millionnaire industrialist, Gilbert Milson Smith. Shirley was forced to stay close to Julia as a shadow in case she ever needed a blood transfusion. Mr Milson Smith had given Julia’s widowed mother a job and her family a home, so Shirley knew that if she tried to leave her family would be turned out.
Freya escapes from a labour camp in Eastern Ruthenia, helped by friends old Pavel and his wife Anna. Freya aimed to cross the sea to secure her freedom.
Under the stage name of Aurora Daye, Morna Reynolds entered the ” Search for a Superstar” Contest—unknown to her nasty guardians, her Uncle Gerald and Aunt Sybil. Performing in disguise, Morna had reached the semi-finals, beating her unpleasant cousin, Pat, on the way. When Morna accidentally added salt instead of sugar to the ingredients she packed for Pat’s school cookery lesson, the spiteful Pat became determined to cause trouble for Morna—in any way she could!
Fourteen year old Lynne Jones had lived in a Children’s Home since her parents were killed in a train crash. The only possession Lynne had from the past was a smiling handcarved wooden doll. On her way for a holiday Lynne discovered another doll almost identical to her own – the second doll wasn’t smiling. Lynne discovered that the man who made the doll was travelling along the coast. Convinced that he could tell her something about her past, Lynne set out to find the stranger.
A heart-breaking search began for Suzette de Valois, the daughter of an aristocrat, when her twin brother, Simon, was captured by French Revolutionaries in 1792. Suzette was determined to find her brother and help him to escape.
Life was hard for young Jenny Greenfingers. Jenny’s only pleasure was in using a special gift—the power to make plants grow.
Lisa Roberts had been brought up in an orphanage and knew nothing of her early childhood but, with the help of a gipsy crystal ball, she hoped to find out about her parents. Lisa joined a group of gipsies. two of them—Benito and Carla—had promised to help Lisa to find Old Bella, a gipsy woman who often appeared in the crystal’s strange pictures. Lisa was grateful for their help, and was completely unaware that they were tricking her—for they knew very well that Old Bella was dead!
Heiress, Rona Farrell who was an orphan, was always willing to help a good cause. But she usually lost interest in the scheme before long and got distracted by something new. When Rona asked her guardian, Sir William Farrell, for money to help a riding school for disabled children, he agreed on the condition she carry out certain tasks which were set out in the form of rhyming riddles.
In the year 1880, Prudence Proctor and her brother Philip, who were orphans, became homeless after the death of their guardian. An uncle and his wife, Sir Bertram and Lady Sylvia Thornber, offered them a home. Prudence hoped for a musical career, but at Thornber Hall, they were forced to work as servants. Prudence was ordered to travel to London with a violinist, Professor Florenzo. as his accompanist on a tour of the Music Halls. Prudence was very worried about Philip, who had been sent to work with a bullying shepherd.
