Midge Willows is kitchen maid at Lord Weston’s London home. She is a good servant, but the other servants think there is a mystery about her.
In ancient China, Linyi is maid of the Chinese Emperor’s Dogs, known as the Lion Dogs. She faces big trouble if anything happens to them – and each week, something does (illness, being naughty, going missing etc) – and she has to use quick wits to solve the problem as fast as possible.
Saucy Sue is a mudlark who lives on an old barge. She befriends a runaway called Sophie and tries to hide her.
Mavis Wade is becoming famous as Kate Kimble, a music-hall singer, with the help of her singing teacher, Madame Bosetti. But Mavis has to keep it secret from her family, especially her father, because he disapproves of theatres and theatre folk.
In World War II, a Home Guard is formed on the island of Worsley. Its leader is Lady Amelia Crabtree, but her parlourmaid, Meg Parkinson, does all the organising. And there is jealousy in the form of Commandant Matilda Golightly of the Land Army, who is angry she was not put in charge of Worsley’s defences.
World War II story featuring a runaway searching for her mother.
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Sonia Rostova is the prima ballerina of the Russian Imperial Ballet, which is on tour through Russia. Throughout the tour, Sonia has to hide Pavel, who is being pursued by Boris Shepin of the secret police for a crime he did not commit. And Shepin has infiltrated the ballet troupe by becoming director.
Plot:
Amos Calthorp and his party of pilgrims had reached the sheltered vale in America which he named “Hosannah Valley”. America was still a British Colony and the settlers were given grants of land where they immediately set about building houses. Hedda Bronsby’s father, Daniel, was in demand, being a skilled carpenter.
Hedda of Hosannah Valley– Judy: #873 (2 October 1976) – #886 (01 January 1977)
Plot:
Kala the mysterious eagle girl, was helping a British regiment on their retreat from Kabul, in the North-west of India, in 1842. Under constant threat from Akbar Khan’s rebel forces, the column mode its way slowly towards Jallalabad.
Eagle Girl – Judy: #870 (11 September 1976) – #884 (18 December 1976)
Plot:
In the 19th century, Megan Hughes and her grandfather go in search of Megan’s mother Olwen, who had disappeared from home many years ago after her husband and other children died. Grandfather and Megan use their magic lantern shows to aid the search by always showing audiences a picture of Olwen. Eventually a boy recognises her as “The Ghost Lady”, who haunts the coal mines at Maesglas.
