Veronica, newly orphaned, longs to study ballet but instead must live with unsympathetic relatives in the North of England.

    But only one thing really matters to J C T Jennings – his First Eleven debut. When the long-awaited match arrives, Jennings certainly uses his head.

    It is a story with a 'Cinderella' twist, and will be enjoyed by girls of eleven and fifteen.

    The first of two stories about two cousins, Fiona Auchenvole and Katherine Morton and their move to Pendragon Haven in Cornwall.

    Verity dislikes her cousin and hates the Welsh mountains but she makes friends with Gwenllian, a mysterious girl who is miserable because she is not allowed to do any climbing. During a terrible blizzard and flood it becomes necessary for someone to cross the mountains for a doctor.

    An orphan discovers talent writing for a local newspaper.

    She had to plan their daily lives, sympathize with them in their joys and sorrows, discipline them when they became too unruly - in short, she had to be mother and father rolled into one. When her temperamental younger sister Christine is persuaded to spend a holiday away from the girls on a small island which had been left to her by the mysterious Robert Greystones, the whole family's life changes.

    6d.), transfers Nancy from an exclusive girls' school in Toronto to a school mixed in race as well as sex in the little Ontario town of Riviera St. Jeanne with its background of nature..." -The Scottish Educational Journal

    Elizabeth and Elspeth look much like sisters with curly fair hair and delicate coloring while Beth has short, straight, dark hair, merry brown eyes, and a restless disposition that leads her into constant mischief. Many years ago, their parents were killed in an air crash, and they were adopted by a kind friend of their fathers'. As their guardian spends long periods of time working in Africa, he delegates authority during the holidays to his aunt, the delicate Helena McKay. Now, however, the girls learn that "Gardy" no longer can afford the upkeep of his country home or their boarding school fees. He sends the girls to an abandoned property in Dacre where they can attend the local school. He also assures the girls they can find happiness in the new home if they tackle things with spirit.