Sixteen-year-old Alan, friendless and unhappy after moving to a small English village, falls in love with his twenty-three-year-old tutor whose presence causes problems for Alan and his parents.
Rebecca the skunk had been successful in eluding all of the homeowners' attempts to evict her from under the deck; but when they threw mothballs into her nest, she decided it was time to go.
Twelve-year-old Martin Jessup moves to a new home and becomes intrigued by a deserted house across the street and joins two new friends in discovering the secrets inside.
When William and his mother move, he is unhappy about having a new room, but he changes his mind after he gets dinosaur wallpaper and makes a new friend.