Orphan Vicky Mason left England in the year 1894, and went to join her far-travelled elder brother in the Yukon territory of Northern Canada. The Klondike gold rush was at its height, when Vicky disembarked at the port of Skagway, in Alaska.Vicky discovers her brother is missing and during her search for him, she is given a violin with very strange powers by an old prospector.
Emma Saturday was brought up in a Victorian workhouse. She was forced to run away, but, after many attempts to earn her living by hard work, she was eventually recaptured by Mrs Gould, the cruel workhouse mistress. Emma had pinned all her hopes on her beautiful singing voice but now, back at the workhouse, the future looked very bleak for the hard-working Saturday’s Child.
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.
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.
Heiress Delia Davenport was determined to help the poor people in Victorian London, but her guardians, Henry and Amelia, refused to allow her money to spend on the poor. By behaving like a spoilt child. Delia was able to get money from them. Disguised as Lame Lottie, a crippled girl, Delia took food and clothes to the needy living in the slums.
In 1871, the Western outlaws, Butch Bailey and Cass Dalton, made the worst mistake of their error-filled careers when they kidnapped orphan Kathy Morgan, mistaking her for a millionaire’s daughter. Kathy liked the idea of being a bandit and called herself the Sunshine Kid. Now Butch and Cass couldn’t get rid of her.
While on her way to live with relatives she had never met, Laura Hurst, a rich young Victorian girl, was killed in a coach accident. Her maid Martha Ford, decided to take her place in order to give her sick young sister a home. While aunt Maria welcomed “Laura” into her home, cousin Nigel was less happy and was suspicious of her.
Emily Dixon had led a spoilt, sheltered life in the Victorian home of her Grandfather, a retired toymaker. But when her Grandfather died, Emily discovered that all he had left her was a collection of musical boxes, hidden in various places. Emily set out with her maid, Dora Jones, to recover the boxes.
In 1745, when Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Highland army were defeated, his supporters in England were punished severely. The girls of Miss Ferguson’s school in Westmorland had made a flag for Prince Charlie, and Colonel Rawden, the local magistrate, imprisoned Miss Ferguson and demanded £2000 for her release. Anne Latimer, the girls’ leader, was determined to pay the , fine.
When her wealthy guardian died, Gloria Langton expected to inherit everything. But the spoilt young heiress was staggered to discover that she would have to share her legacy with a girl known only as Florrie and it was up to Gloria to find her or lose everything!
