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There's an exciting email for Ben from his friend Nico in Italy. Nico has two tickets for the Italy-England football match! Can Ben come? On the plane from London to Rome, Ben makes a new friend, who is also going to the match. On the big day, Rome is full of excited fans. But the boys get a nasty surprise — their tickets are missing! Where are they? Can anybody help the boys? Will they be able to see the match?

Every night, Dylan plays a computer game called Orloff's Castle. In the game he has to try and free Princess Zia, a prisoner of the evil Count Orloff. But one night something very strange happens to Dylan — by magic, he is pulled into the computer. He's not just playing the game any more — he is in the game! His only way back to the real world is to go into the castle himself and find the princess. Can Dylan defeat Count Orloff and free the princess? And will he get back home?

Mumba Siwale is the best football player in his town in Zambia. His life changes the day a man comes to see him play and invites him to join a top English football club. Mumba is very excited. But when he arrives in England, things don't work out the way he expected. Will Mumba ever play for the team he loves?

Lisa Brown is scared of skiing! Little by little, she gets better at it, but at the end of the day she is still too afraid to ski down the mountain with her ski class. She is about to get onto the ski lift when she sees someone from the class is in danger. Lisa is the only one who can help. What will she do?

Mitch has a new camera. He wants to win the prize for the best photograph at the Vancouver Giants' ice hockey game. He takes pictures of the players on the ice and the people in the crowd. But some people aren't happy to have their picture taken, and one of Mitch's pictures gets him and his brother Ben into big trouble.

Ariuna and her brother Tuli live in Mongolia. When Tuli and his horse are hurt and cannot ride in an important horse race, Ariuna decides to take his place. Some people say that her horse isn't fast enough, but Ariuna is determined to show that they are wrong.

What Scott Gordon wants most of all is the be a lifesaver. He lives near the beach and belongs to the surf club. Soon he's going to try for the Bronze Medallion — the first step to becoming a real lifesaver. But his grandmother doesn't like the idea. When she tells Scott the story of a day that changed her life, he begins to understand how dangerous the sea can be.

Sam Martin loves watching the beautiful sea eagles flying over Blue Moon Beach. But when two suspicious-looking men arrive, Sam begins to get worried. What do these men want? Soon Sam and his new friend Tim realise that the sea eagles are in danger, and they decide that they have to stop the men and save the birds.

Jack and his friend Mitchell are going to 'Walk the Wall' — they're going to walk for eight days along Hadrian's Wall, the old Roman wall in the north of England. 'It'll be easy', says Mitchell. But the walk isn't easy. The boys get sore feet and tired legs. There are hills to climb, and there's rain. Then they make a terrible discovery, and a difficult walk becomes a dangerous adventure.

Donna and her family are going on a ballonning weekend in the country. 'It's going to be great', says her brother. Donna isn't confident at first, but when the balloon goes up into the air, it feels strange and wonderful — and she feels free. Then things start to go wrong...

Can a basketball jersey bring bad luck? Madison Munroe is usually a great basketball player. But ever since she joined her new team and started wearing the number nine jersey, she's played badly. Then she hears strange stories about the jersey — people say the bad luck started with a girl who wore it many years ago. Madison and her brother decide to find out what happened to her.

Anna has a holiday job helping out on a yacht called Summer Cloud. She's excited because two very important passengers are coming on board. Kit has a holiday job as a photographer — he has to get photos of Anna's passengers for a new magazine. But out at sea, Kit discovers that the people who gave him the job want more than just photos. He's soon in great danger, and so are all the people on Summer Cloud.

Something strange is happening near Lizzie Baxter's farm. At night, there have been fires in old houses and barns. Someone calls the fire brigade every time, but doesn't give their name. Who is lighting these fires? When there's a fire on Lizzie's farm one night, she comes face-to-face with the danger.

Annie Grant isn't happy when she is sent to her aunt's farm in Ireland. When she arrives, something is wrong — Aunt Jean is behaving strangely, and Annie's cousin and uncle are nowhere to be seen. And what are the mysterious noises in the night? When Annie decides to find out for herself what's wrong on the farm, things get dangerous and she has to ride for her life.

Jeremy and his mother are on holiday in San Francisco. They buy a toy monkey. It's a gift for Jeremy's baby sister. But they are not the only ones who want that monkey — there are other people who want it very badly. After someone steals it from him, Jeremy can't understand why. What's so special about this toy monkey? Jeremy gets a big surprise when he finds out.

You live in the past and you don't see how fast things are changing! Philip shouts at his father. Philip loves computers and basketball. Sometimes he thinks that no one else understands how important these things are. When Philip, his family and his team travel to a basketball match one Saturday, something happens which changes his life.

Colette is studying English in London. She loves art and is thrilled when she and her friend Annika are allowed to visit the National Gallery. But Annika thinks they can have more fun elsewhere. Colette isn't happy, but she goes along with her friend. Then she sees — or thinks she sees — Annika do something that gets them both into serious trouble.

Archie loves art and he loves to draw. He often goes to the Art Gallery to make copies of the beautiful paintings there. One evening he finds himself locked in the gallery after it has closed. It should be easy to get someone to let him out. But Archie is not the only person in the gallery that night. There are other visitors — and they are up to no good. When he realises that there's a robbery happening, Archie knows that it's his job to stop it.

A wedding reception turns to tragedy when robbers arrive to steal the guests' jewellery and a man is shot dead. Molly thinks there's something very strange about this crime. 'It's not a job for you', her friend tells her. 'It's a job for the police'. But Molly wants some answers. Was this just a robbery gone horribly wrong? Or did someone have enemies?

A young architecture student arrives in Melbury to study the church. While he is there he finds out about a tragedy that took place many years before.

Tom and Fraser are excited when TV star Heath Mason visits their school and announces a play competition. The best actor in the competition will go on TV! The boys decide to put on a play together. But that's the easy part. As the night of the competition gets closer and closer, they face more and more problems — with the actors, with the script, with the costumes... The show must go on — but will it?

Mrs Peterson gives her class a big new project — they have to find something they can sell at Tunbridge Town Fete. At first, Justin's group don't know what to sell, but then Justin has a bright idea — they'll sell 'worm juice'. Worm juice is a wonderful fertiliser for plants! But Justin and his friends soon discover that setting up a worm farm isn't easy, and as the date of the fete gets closer, they wonder if they're going to have anything to sell!

CHOIR is the Central Headquarters of the Organisation for Invention and Research. It's top-secret! At CHOIR, highly intelligent young people make new inventions that will help the world. Harley Baxter has invented a robot. It's so life-like that he is sure nobody will ever know it's a robot. But when Harley takes his robot home and to school, things don't go quite the way he planned! CHOIR Boy is a play. You can read it like any story, or you can act it out with a group — like real actors!

The city of Rosca is preparing for a presidential visit when the body of a young man is found near the American consulate. He is very well dressed, but there is something missing. Why isn't he wearing any shoes? It is Rymer's job to discover the man's identity. His investigation leads him to a theatre group with a very surprising final act.