Puffin plus

Although grudgingly aware that ten-year-old Pinkie has extraordinary powers to heal, sixteen-year-old Barry becomes increasingly convinced that she is an unwilling participant at the healing sessions run by her enterprising stepfather.

Deep in the control room the nation's chiefs watch with alarm as their computers show an imminent missile attack. Could this be it? Or is the truth funnier, thought almost as alarming? This is the story, based on the successful movie, WarGames, of how one young computer freak sent the nation's defence into turmoil - and nearly caused World War III.

Fifteen-year-old Kitty's special interest in an old man's garden links her to a seemingly dangerous young man who covets the land and whose mind and Kitty's seem to be opposite sides of a coin.

Mall Percival tells how the plague came to her Derbyshire village of Eyam in the year 1665, how the villagers determined to isolate themselves to prevent further spread of the disease, and how three-fourths of them died before the end of the following year.

Thirteen-year-old Joss copes with changing relationships as her best friend, Fletcher, suddenly starts seeing her as a girl and her parents show signs of marital tension at home.

In the highly organized society of twenty-first-century Britain the system is not to be questioned, but Kitson, a young computer wizard, and his partner Keri are determined to find answers to some important questions.

Students and faculty at a high school become embroiled in a censorship case over "Huckleberry Finn."