and claims the cat will lead him to victory in a war of conquest. Sonia's Secret: Sonia Grenville's father is wrongly struck off the medical register. When Sonia starts at a new school she confides in Rachel Andrews, thinking she can trust her. Too late, Sonia finds out her trust is misplaced – Rachel is a gossip and troublemaker who starts blackmailing Sonia into being her 'friend'. This makes Sonia unpopular with her classmates. Sosana the Gipsy Show Jumper – Sosana Riply thinks that she and her pony Magpie have a good chance of becoming show jumpers. Star Pets – Animal lover Sally Kemp starts up her own agency – to supply animals for use in television and film work. Starla's Spell: A new girl, Starla Cresswell, starts at Sarah Campbell's school, and Sarah realises there is something strange about her, such as having hypnotic powers over people. Eventually she discovers that Starla is an alien from the planet Mornekia and the Morneks are out to invade Earth. Starring Sally – Sally Smith wants to be a singer. But does she have the talent or is she just a dreamer? Steamboat Jo – Jo Wiley disguises herself as a boy and runs away from the Purdy Orphanage, in the deep south of America. She hopes to find her father, who is working on a Mississippi mail-boat called "Queen of the Levee". Stella and the Swinging Five: Stella Starr, a young guitar player, joins the newly formed girls' pop group, The Swinging Five and hopes to earn enough money to save her grandfather's rundown cafe. However, she senses something odd about the group's organiser, Madame Svengler, who is also a miser. Stella at Stage School: Stella May wins a scholarship to Madam Spencer's Stage School. But her father does not approve or understand Stella's acting and thinks it is detrimental to her education, which he drives her too hard at. He keeps threatening to withdraw Stella from the school if she fails her schoolwork. Stop, Thief!: Liz Ryan tells the story of what happened when there was a thief in the class, and she and her best friend Sally turned detective to find the culprit. Sue At The Wheel – Sue Horner works at her aunt's café, delivering home-made cakes to customers living in the country. Sue loves driving much more than cooking, although her aunt doesn't understand her attachment to