Polly Fletcher and her friend Derrick were searching for Polly’s brother, Toni. who had left plague-stricken London with a troupe of actors.
When Sally Farrell was thirteen she was told that she had been adopted, but Mr and Mrs Farrell gave her no further information. However, when they went abroad, instead of staying with her Aunt Sonia, Sally set out to search for her real parents
When a storm destroys their village, three young children, Lona, Riki and Jo-Jo, flee into the jungle and as the years pass, they make friends with the animals. One day, Lona rescues an injured Indian chief then travels to his village to prevent the evil Maroc from becoming chief. But before they decide, the village fathers set Lona and Maroc three tasks.
The Murphy family pay a rent for their small farm in Ireland once every ten years! But the rent has to be paid in the form of a huge cheese made by old Ma Murphy, which is then taken to the owner of the land, Lord Macken, who lives in Ballyclough. When Grandad Murphy hurts his back, his four orphaned grandchildren, Mary, Sean, Peter, and Peg volunteer to deliver the Big Cheese.
