Cindy Jones has a lot in common with Cinderella. She is about to acquire a nasty stepmother and two step sisters. Except Cindy believes in being constructive about problems. She takes up cooking so her father won't be so taken in by anyone's excellent cooking skills. She finds a more suitable young woman to send roses to under her father's name.Except, the nice girl selected as a suitable wife has a fiancé. One of the stepsisters isn't really nasty. Cindy fights with her father and he goes to the end of the year dinner dance without her. Her teacher turns up with a jazz age dance dress that belongs to her mother so she goes to the dinner dance unrecognized. The wedding is averted and Cindy discovers that her teacher is a godmother, if not a fairy one and everyone lives happily ever after.

Allie and her cousin Jennie are shocked at having to spend their holidays at the boarding house Mon Repose. Especially when they discover it is the most boring old place in the middle of nowhere. Then they meet Marilyn who has lots of lively ideas to cope with boredom. They discover an Ouija board and decide to have a séance and try to figure out how to make Mon Repose a more interesting place.Suddenly life becomes exciting. There is a teenage genie who can't grant wishes but brings his horses with him for them to ride. It's unfortunate that the horses are confiscated by the rangers for riding in the National forest, and their trying to figure out why their genie nearly vanishes on them. The three girls are now much too busy solving problems to even have time to be bored.But by the time their holiday is over, will they realize their most secret wishes have been granted?

A new boy in the district. Ronnie and her girlfriends Katie and Jasmine think Drake Demento is something special. It is odd that he is never around during the day and unfortunate that his family is so unpleasant. He seems to have found Jasmine's missing cat, but now Jasmine is unconscious and in hospital.No one is going to take any notice of a superstitious old grandmother who believes that the Demonto family are evil vampires. And if there are no such things as vampires, just people with odd dietary habits, Ronnie and Katies have to somehow manage to rescue the missing people and animals from a very dangerous place.

Maddy had a best friend who had everything, wealthy doting parents, attended an exclusive school, owned her own horse for gymkhanas, and she was well liked and popular as well. Maddy lived in an ordinary over crowded little house, with two unpleasant sisters who crowded her bedroom and her life. Her parents didn't have enough money for anything extra and didn't seem to care that she was missing out on all the good things in life. She attended an ordinary school with her sisters.Maddy's wish that she could swap into Jennifer's life is granted. So she has Jennifer's privileged life, and Jennifer has her boring poverty struck life. So why is she still unhappy, and why is Jennifer still happy, well liked and popular?

Amanda has great plans for the summer. There's the new guy Drew in the surf club she would like to know much better. If only her plans weren't always sabotaged by the Brat (her little brother Brett) or her new neighbor, Jeebie, who keeps doing incredibly crazy things to prevent Amanda from seeing Drew. Will Amanda ever have the chance to be with Drew without pests and other annoyances?