My Place

10-year-old Laura can't own up and find a way to say sorry for a misadventure.

Mohammed is a keen bowler and is desperate to join the cricket team at his new school. But there are no places and so he ends up playing with the girls - who prove to be the better side.

Lily's cousin Phoung arrives with her parents from Vietnam. But the trophy cousin turns out to be a real threat to Lily's status at home and at school.

Mike knows a lot about Australian muscle cars from 1968 to 1978 but the other kids think he's odd and he thinks he has only got one friend, Ben. But is Ben a real friend?

Sofia is a spy for the yayas and she's determined to get rid of her brother Michaelis's Anglo girlfriend before he leaves for Vietnam.

Michaelis's family is from Kalymnos. He wants to be Australian not Greek but even more he wants a television so he can watch Robin Hood.

Jen's dad died in the war. Now her mum is planning to marry Wal, who even though he has a car, definitely doesn't match up in Jen's eyes to her war hero real dad.

Colum has two big ambitions; to stop his best mate Thommo's family from being kicked out of their house next door to his and to get up the nerve to ride his billy cart down Brickpits Hill.

Bridie just wants to hang out with her big sister Kath and best friend Lorna, and be in on their secrets. Talking her way into tagging along, Bridie sets off for what is meant to be a day of harmless fun.

Bertie steals his friend's pet rabbit for his magic show. He wants to raise money to buy a present for his brother Eddie who's coming home from the war. It's 1918.

Evelyn can't wait for cracker night. This year, for the first time, the family has their own box of fireworks. Unfortunately Evelyn shows the box to her disbelieving neighbour Freddie.

Rowley longs for his father to come home. Convinced that good deeds will be rewarded, he'll do anything to help his mother and the other residents in the boarding house they live in. It's 1898.

Victoria and her family have just moved into the terrace house that her father has built. She'll do anything to ensure that they stay there forever - including witchcraft.