A Polish boy runs away from his unkind foster mother in Edinburgh and finds a new home in a lakeside village for orphans of all nations, after encountering trouble through his innocent implication in a robbery.
Three children try to fight against the destruction of a local historic landmark. They are helped by a group of friendly ghosts.
A group of children establish their own zoo in the garden of a disused house, which proves to be the headquarters of a gang of crooks.
