Gabriel has no idea what the future will hold when he runs away from his apprenticeship with the bad-tempered stonemason. But God Himself, in the shape of playmaster Garvey, has plans for him. He wants Gabriel for his angel. But will Gabriel's new life with the travelling players be any more secure?

Flinn is at school looking in the art cupboard, when he stumbles upon Captain Stubble, a real live Pirate Captain. He tells Flinn that his ship, the Acorn, has been stolen and that he needs Flinn to rescue it. They sail away on an old pirate ship, and they finally find the Acorn but, to their horror, realize it's been stolen by Pirate dinosaurs!

Meet Melanie Beeby! Mel is a trainee time-travelling angel. She's feisty, witty, streetwise and! dead! New-look cover for an angelic series rebirth!

Violet has always been in the shadow of her mesmerising, controlling brother Will - by turns delightful and terrifying. Now that Will has learned a shocking secret about his own past, things seem to be getting worse. Violet retreats further into her fantasy world built around the fairy characters created by her favourite author, Casper Dream.

Dolphin adores her mother: she's got wonderful clothes, bright hair and vivid tattoos all over her body. She definitely lives a colourful life. Dolphin's older sister, Star, also loves her but is beginning to wonder if staying with a mum whose temper can be as flashy as her body-art is the best thing for the girls.

India lives in a large, luxurious house with a mum she can't stand and a dad she adores, though he hasn't had much time for her recently. She seeks solace in her journal, which she keeps in sincere imitation of her heroine, Anne Frank. Treasure lives on the local council estate with her loving and capable grandmother.