friends. They decide to go without boys after they have boyfriend trouble. The ban proves difficult to enforce when Stacey falls for Damion. The Bubble Ballerinas – Jenna Jones and her friend Lyn Marshall are attending ballet class at the well known Demar School of Ballet, which is run by famous ballerina Madame Alice Demar – when the entire school is abducted by mysterious giant bubbles. The Change in Cheryl: Cheryl is being fostered by the Dysons. She is naturally shy and quiet, but then she stands up to a bully, winning admiration from her foster sister and friends. Cheryl then decides that the way to go in not being pushed around is to go all out to get anything she wants, regardless of anyone else. The Change in Claire – Jane Cook is happy when she finds out her friend Claire is moving back to the neighbourhood, but Claire seems to have changed in her time away and has it out for Jane's family, maliciously causing trouble for them. Claire especially has something against Jane's brother Mike, and the change has something to do with her own sister Sara. The Children's Champion – Dissatisfied with the Victorian lifestyle, Hester Langley renounces her wealthy life to help the poor of London. The City Under The Sea – Sally Walker is searching for her father, who disappeared while looking for an ancient city that had been swallowed by the sea. The Courage of Crippled Clara – Mary Jordan is the only friend of Clara Thornton, the disabled daughter of the village squire. Mary is trying to help Clara to walk again by offering her secret riding lessons, but when the squire finds out, he overreacts and turns the whole village against Mary. The Dancing Donnellys – Jane and Joe Donnelly have been brought up in a strictly-run sect, The Children of Carona. They have to get special dispensation from their sect to pursue ice-skating careers. Then disaster strikes when Joe's sight begins to fail, and the beliefs of their sect forbid him from seeking treatment. Their trainer, Myra Calvert, investigates the sect, and discovers it is being run by racketeers – who are now out to kill the Donnellys. The Daughter Of Buffalo Bill – Mary Cody and her closest friend, Benny Wood, join a wagon train heading West. Mary is a great help to Mrs Gall, an invalid widow with