as an income and Jane is able to indulge in her love of animals. Penny's Puppets: Orphan Penny Fairchild lives with her stern, cold grandmother at the Fairchilds' ancestral home, Middleton Manor. She feels out of place at school, but finds solace in her teacher Miss Jackson. Penny finds further solace in the puppets she finds in the attic, but grandmother has forbidden her to go to the attic. Then Miss Jackson tells Penny about a family feud involving the puppets, which are linked to Roland, the world's greatest puppeteer and ventriloquist, and a singer called Rose Rossay. They start to investigate the mystery together. Petra's Pen Pal: Petra has been Rosa's pen pal until she comes back from abroad. She and Rosa form a threesome with Rosa's other friend, Dee. Then someone starts playing tricks on Rosa and it seems to point to Petra. Petra's Protectors – Early in the Second World War, Petra, a gypsy girl, has a circus act in France with her performing dogs, Leo, Pip and Tiki. When the Germans overrun France the circus is destroyed, and Petra and her dogs become refugees. Phantom Friend – Jill Meadows has only made one friend at her new boarding school but she is a ghost named Amy. Ping Pong Patsy : Patsy Hanley is crazy about table tennis and is determined to become a champion. Pinkie – Mary Wilmer's sister Babs gains the power to shrink – at unpredictable moments – after an accident in Dad's laboratory. Mary dubs her "Pinkie" as when she shrinks she is no bigger than Mary's little finger. Plain Jane – Jane Grant has always known her mother favoured her younger sister Elizabeth, but when her father dies, she discovers that she is adopted and her mother no longer feels she has a responsibility for her. The sisters are sent to school, Elizabeth is to be educated, but Jane is to be a servant. Please, Mum! – Shirin Putan recently moved to England with her mother and elder sister, Karima. Her sister quickly adapts into the English culture which drives her and the mother apart. Shirin is left stuck in the middle, and she wants to honour her mother's rules and traditions, but she also wants to be able to fit in at school. Pocahontas – Red Indian Princess – The story of the famous Native American. Pop Starr – a girl