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The Guardian Tree – In Victorian times Rose Shaw must take care of her siblings after her parents die of influenza. The nasty workhouse beadle, Matthew Crowe, is eager to snap up the younger Shaws, but the family finds a new home in a cave under what they call "The Guardian Tree." Naturally, Crowe mustn't find out. Father Must Go Free! — Set around 1746 two children help their father find freedom after being arrested by the Redcoats. Tessa Goes to Town — Tessa Mercer's mother abandons their farm in favour of the town life, causing separation between the parents. Marigold and the Three Bears — Marigold Shaw has lived in a Children's Home until she is offered a foster home after she saves the daughter from an accident. Marigold is very happy until she wins three teddy bears at a fair. She soon finds that anything that happens to one of the teddy bears happens to the corresponding member of the household. Revenge! — Alison blames her sister Emma for her injured leg because Emma innocently asked Alison to switch places with her in the car moments before it crashed. So Alison secretly causes trouble for Emma.
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It's My Turn Now! — When Jennie Weston's parents discovered her twin sister, Julia who was thought to have been drowned as a baby, was actually alive and had been brought up in a Children's Home, Jennie happily looked forward to sharing everything with her sister. But Julia seemed to have different ideas—she was out to grab all she could for herself—at Jennie's expense! Number One Mum — Lisa Murray's mother becomes a pop star. But the demands of her new career are not leaving her much time for Lisa.Mum Can't Cope! — When Gail Benson's father leaves home, her mother goes to pieces. Afraid the family might be split up, Gail decides to take charge of things, while keeping up a pretense to the outside world that her mother is coping. Sally – the Slave-Girl Star — Sally Binks is always falling asleep in class because she is forced to work early in the morning and late at night at her stepmother's laundry. The headmistress and deputy headmistress don't act because they dislike Sally. But Sally has ambitions to go on stage and begins to make headway in that area. My Secret Family — Janet Knight overhears Nurse Camp relieving her guilty conscience about accidentally switching two babies at birth and was too terrified to report it because she feared the dragon Sister. She gives a written confession to her mother before leaving on missionary work, who advises her to keep quiet. Janet realises she is one of the switched babies and Sally West is the other one. Fearing the heartbreak that speaking out would cause, Janet tries to discreetly get closer to her real family, but it always goes wrong. The Despised Ones — Callie Conway is bullied at school because she is plain, awkward and has no friends. Her Aunt Susan is no help because she is not really interested in Callie. Then Callie meets a kindred spirit in Clop, a pony who is being bullied by the other ponies because he is plain and awkward too. Callie gets a job at the stables so she can get close to Clop, but most of the things she does go wrong – as usual.
My Best Friend? — Next door neighbours Gwen Hammond and Jane Morris have been friends ever since they can remember. But their friendship is threatened when they start at Vale Park Seniors School and are put in different houses, which has them competing against each other. Pat the Peacemaker — Pat Summers can solve others problems but not her own — a stepmother who hates her. Her Name in Lights — Stella Martin is living with her Aunt Cynthia, an unscrupulous theatre agent, while her mother is ill and her father works away from home. Stella is a talented actress and wants to go into the theatre. But Aunt Cynthia forces her into acting of a most undesirable kind – starring in TV commercials as a child actress. To this end Aunt Cynthia forces Stella into a childish appearance, deliberately underfeeds her to stunt her growth, keeps her away from school, and Stella has to do housework as well. We shall not be responsible for any failure or delay in performance of the Services or any of our obligations under these terms due to a cause beyond our reasonable control. Money Matters — Linsey Townsend has lived a luxurious life and been spoiled. But all that changes when her father runs off with money from his employers’ company and the family bank. Linsey now faces a tougher financial time and learns hard lessons in being more appreciative, helpful and thoughtful. Meanwhile, her mother tries to conceal the truth about Dad's absence from their friends, keep up appearances, and dreads their secret being found out.A Girl Called Rowan — Debbie Dawson's new friend Rowan has a strange power over plants because she is a dryad – a tree sprite. When Debbie runs away from the relatives she was staying with, Rowan goes with her. Second Fiddle to Sorcha — Maxine Winters is a gifted but arrogant violinist. Then Sorcha, a mysterious gypsy girl, shows up, and Maxine gets jealous when she finds that Sorcha is a far better violinist than her. In addition, you grant to Mandy, without any credit or compensation to you, a royalty-free, non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, unrestricted, irrevocable, and fully transferable, assignable and sub-licensable license to host, use, modify, display, copy, reproduce, disclose, sell, translate, create derivative works of, distribute, and export any User-Provided Content, in whole or in part, or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, software or technology of any kind now known or hereafter developed or discovered for any purposes whatsoever. You agree that Mandy may publish or otherwise disclose your name in connection with your User-Provided Content. Swim, Sally – Swim! — Sally King has been brought up in Silverdale Orphanage, where she helps look after the younger children. She is a keen swimmer and wants to become a world championship. The assistant Matron finds Sally a coach in the form of ex-army sergeant, Carol Cannon, whose training methods are tough going! The Children Came Too! — When Jenny Smith's father falls ill while abroad, Mrs. Smith flies out to look after him, leaving the children in the care of their Aunt Ivy. Jenny is a keen athlete but finds it hard to train properly as Ivy refuses to look after the children when Jenny is not at school. So Jenny ends up having to take her younger siblings to training with her.
Rosa's New Friend — there is something strange about Rosa Mason's new friend who appears to be her guardian angel. Beatty's Bingo Card — Beatty Ward is a selfish girl who always wants her own way, and she never helps out or shows consideration for others. One day Beatty grumbles about there being no bingo for kids, but then she is surprised to receive a bingo card in the post – on a Sunday. It comes with the message: "A prize more precious than them all, if by full moon, full house you call." It makes no sense until Beatty brings home a football jersey with the number 3 on it and then the number 3 just vanishes from the card. Greed overtakes Beatty and she becomes determined to get all the other numbers on the card by the full moon to collect the riches that must surely be waiting for her. I’ll Make Them Want Me! — Katie Carew lives in Cherrytree Home. She is determined to find a Mum and Dad, but she has a problem – she is a walking disaster area. The Pipes of Pam — Pam Piper is a pupil at Glofield Comprehensive. The school is guarded by three friendly witches who are upset that everyone seems to take life so seriously. So they give Pam some magic pipes. Whenever Pam plays them, amazing things happen. Linda All-Alone — While on holiday in Littlehaven, Linda Thornley discovers a cave that belonged to a hermit called Old Tabitha. There is a verse on the wall beside a skeleton that warns that anyone who disturbs the peace of Old Tabitha will receive her curse of loneliness. Linda cannot get the rhyme out of her head, and then wonders if it is coming true when things begin to go wrong for her and she becomes increasingly unpopular and friendless.Sue and the Simple Life — Sue Bartlett's father decides to go "The Good Life" way and live a life of self-sufficiency. But this does not always make Sue popular with her friends. I’ll Show My Brothers! — Samantha Brent is the only female in the household and does not shine at sport like her brothers. This has her brothers and father taking her for granted, expecting her to wait on them all the time, and sneering at her for not being at good sport like them. Fed up with this, Samantha starts to secretly train as a rhythmic gymnast and show her brothers she can be a sporting success too. My Awful Sister! — Robyn West has a happy life with her kind well-off parents, who adopted her when she was very young. Then cruel spiteful Kate Baker, a new girl at school, discovers they are sisters who were separated as babies. Robyn fears Kate will tell the Wests she is one of the family. Mandy was published from 21January 1967 (#1) to 11May 1991 (#1,269), [1] at which point it merged with Judy to become Mandy & Judy (also known as M&J). Mandy & Judy was published from 18 May 1991 (#1) until 24 May 1997 (#315), when it merged with Bunty ( Bunty ceased publication completely in 2001). The Double Life of Julie-Ellen – Julie-Ellen Jones can't decide between two boys so she pretends to be twins to date them both. Chaos ensues as Julie-Ellen tries to keep up her double life.