Mister Whistler always has a song in his head and a dance in his legs. But when he has to catch the train, he is so distracted he loses his ticket - and has to dance his way out of his clothes to find it!

On the fifth anniversary of his older sister's death, nineteen-year-old Jonny Dart, troubled by feelings of guilt and an imperfect memory of the event, goes in search of the only other witness to the fatal accident and, through a chance meeting with a senile old woman, finds a way to free himself of the past.

When her little brother seems to become possessed by an evil spirit, fourteen-year-old Laura seeks the help of the strangely compelling older boy at school who she is convinced has supernatural powers.

Tessa Fortune and her cousins want to raise one hundred dollars for the New Zealand National Telethon, but when their plans begin to go awry, Tessa learns some valuable lessons about her goal of becoming a rich executive.