Belle Merrimac and her slave girl Jenny were travelling North during the American Civil War to find Belle’s father and Jenny’s brother, who were prisoners.
Pam Fenton had been plump and very plain until she found a pair of ballet shoes that had belonged to a ballerina who had died. Pam believed the shoes had a magic power and when she wore them she felt light and graceful and saw the reflection of a beautiful dancer in the mirror.
When her archaeologist father became ill, Sandra Small decided to take his place on an expedition into the South American jungle. It was 1950 and Mr. Small had hoped to find the fabulous stone of Solomon, a tablet as ancient as time itself. Sandra realised her task would not be easy.
Wendy Taylor and her parents return to Britain after two years in South America. But her father had made an enemy who put an evil spell on Bobby, one of Wendy’s dolls. In attempt to counteract the spell, a friend of the family used ‘good’ magic to enable the other doll, Betty, to protect Wendy from harm.
Orphan Ann Grayson is determined to become a ballerina like her mother was. She carries with her, her mother’s yellow ballet shoes and earns her place at Tall Trees ballet school. Her guardian Aunt Rita wants to stop Ann’s ambition, and refuses her money for her keep. so Ann ends up living in an abandoned caravan near the school.
Dulcie Starr and her wheelchair bound sister, Bella are the only survivors of an Indian raid and hoped to complete their journey to their uncle in Sweet Water Valley on foot.
