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Four major stress factors: a marriage break-up, moving house, loss of income for the family, and a new school. Link James and his sister Claire get the lot! How does a boy from the wealthy side of town cope with the tough guys at Westlands? How does the bad boy tag his father gave him influence his life? The constant moving threads of Link's life up their tempo as he becomes a victim of his own perceptions and actions.

Charmwood High, and Year 8 plans to turn the school play, Romeo and Juliet, into a rock musical. Everything's moving along until someone mentions Equal Opportunity. There aren't enough roles for girls in this production. For the narrator, Peter Nutt, Equal Opportunity means more opportunities for teachers like Poxon and girls like Ravolini to get at him. And then there's Millie Miletic from the Holy Family of the Little Sisters by the Sea: she's in love!

Joan is really good at drawing. When the class bully starts to pick on her, Joan comes up with a very clever solution. She's Joan of Art, and no one can stop her!

Something's stirring Alice up, and she's usually such a placid dog. When the Green family follow her she leads them to an abandoned foal, and only Eddy the cocky seems to know where he comes from: a brumby herd led by the magnificent thoroughbred stallion Rise and Shine. Meg calls him Sunshine. With a sire like Rise and Shine, Sunshine could become a famous racehorse and win the Melbourne Cup, but would that make him happy? And do Meg and Mike want him to be a champion anyway - or just a horse?

Snag is thin and weedy, and he faints at the sight of blood. Now he's been sent to gladiator school. It's either fight or die.