Amber Taylor is all alone after her best friend moves away. Then her classmates mistakenly think her family has won the pools when they move to a bigger house, which is in fact due to Dad’s promotion. Amber finds herself the centre of attention and is taking advantage of it.
Jenny Cooper’s mother makes up with her sister after a falling out years before, and she and Jenny go to stay with the aunt while Mr Cooper goes abroad. But the cousin, Rachel Fairweather, is going astray and getting in with a rough crowd, and Jenny is getting the blame for the trouble she causes. But Mum is anxious to keep the peace, having only just made up with her sister, and this is making it more difficult for Jenny to speak out.
Jodie Poole emigrates to Los Angeles with her family. But she is having a bad time at her new school because her classmates pick on her.
Best friends Sharon Dawson and Emma Foxley live next door to each other in cottages that have been in their families for generations. One day, Sharon and her father unearth a stone from an old wishing well that is inscribed with the words “Foxleys Beware”. Soon after the discovery, the families start feuding. When Sharon and Emma investigate, they theorise the stone is linked to a curse that a Dawson put on the Foxleys in the 18th century for wrongly accusing her of witchcraft. This started a feud between the Foxleys and the Dawsons, and now the curse and feud have returned with the stone.
Gina Gordon and Gabby Andrews are fostered by Mr and Mrs Wood. Unfortunately, the girls hate each other and each plays tricks to get rid of the other. The inevitable result is that both girls are sent back to the Children’s Home in disgrace. At this, Gabby and Gina realise their folly, but they need to find a way to persuade the Woods to give them another chance.
Jasmine Pearce and her twin sister Janey were born with a rare disease. Janey did not survive, but Jasmine is now completely healthy. However, the experience has made Jasmine’s parents far too over-protective of her, and this is causing problems for Jasmine at her new school.
After her parents die, Jenny Weston goes to live with her Aunt Edna and Uncle Harry. On the grounds is a large island in the middle of a lake, and Jenny is forbidden to visit it. When she does so anyway, she finds her Aunt Edna’s sister Josie and her daughter Caroline are living in a run-down cottage on the island to fulfil the conditions of a will. Edna and Josie have fallen out because of a family feud, and Jenny wonders if she can get them back together.
Computer-mad Kim Miles starts a computerised dating agency at her school, and it is a huge success.
Sally Smith dreams of being a star. But does she have what it takes?
When old Mrs Perkins wrongly accuses Julie Bates of breaking a street light, she puts a curse on her. The curse causes an evil double, Shadow, to appear whenever Julie is in the dark or dim light, and Julie keeps getting the blame for the trouble Shadow causes.
