A demon is chasing Jenny Jenkins because it wants the cradle artefact she possesses, which would enable it to conquer the world. She is trying to get to consecrated ground to bury the cradle, which would put it out of reach of the demon.
The only enemy circus orphan Lara Starr had at Gormans Circus where she had been brought up since the death of her parents (the flying starrs) was trapeze girl Mandy. She knew that the circus clown Zappo was secretly training Lara on trapeze which was forbidden. She also knew Lara was good enough to take over from her
In Victorian times the mysterious Shadow helps the poor people in her town. Meanwhile, Jenny and her stepfather Mr Grimthorpe seem to be cruel overseers of the town.
Ten thousand pounds was needed to save the Wilkins’ family bakery from being closed down and reopened as Struttons video store. Tracy Wilkins planned to win the money by solving the clues of the Wealdland treasure trail.
Identical twin collies Blitz and Bobby were on the run. Blitz was accused of sheep killing and now both dogs were in danger. Out to prove their innocence they were on the trail of the real killer
A series of ghost stories “Many have tried many have died in the search for an after world Is there one? Do you believe in ghosts? Read on and follow the strange and mysterious stories of the spirits to which these pages plays host…”
Tomboy, Melanie Cairns was chosen to be Cindy Starbrite in an advertising campaign for Starbrite products. Joni Sanders had been hired as a minder for Melanie to make sure she didn’t get into any trouble.
Invalid Alison West’s mother, a top diving coach, has disappeared in a plane crash so Alison has been sent to live with her cruel uncle and aunt and their selfish daughter, Brenda. Alison discovers a mysterious silver pool deep in a forest. There, with the aid of a mysterious voice, she starts learning to dive, and also begins to secretly use Brenda’s personal gym for the same purpose.
Despite her aunt’s decision to lock her in the cellar to prevent her from getting to the diving championships in the nearby town, Alison manages to escape with the help of a mysterious monk. A neighbour drives her to the venue, where she becomes county champion. Outside the building the monk appears again and leads her to a waiting car belonging to Mr Bundock, the family solicitor. When Alison asks where they are going he says he is to take her to the appointed place, which is an airport. The plane takes her to the very place in the Tibetan Himalayas where her mother’s plane had crashed over a year earlier. There she sees her silver pool and the face of her mother. She feels guilty about letting her mother down but her mother disagrees. When Alison turns round she sees her flesh-and-blood mother who has been cared for by the monks since the crash. A monk tells Alison that her mother had only been able to recover because her daughter had been strong too. The monk tells them that the work of the pool is over, and it is now time for them to return to their own world, time to begin their lives again.
Kay Bryman and Sandra Drummond won scholarships to St. Sinister’s. Kay found evidence of strange happenings at the school and decided to escape.
The Harper family were living in London at the start of WW2, when their father was reported missing and their mother taken ill. The children, Iris, Tony, Dinah and Sally were evacuated to country but when they were found they were to be separated they went hiding in the woods.