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Simon Percy's parents went up in a hot-air balloon when he was six weeks old. It's now his 10th birthday, and they still haven't returned! Simon is dreading the new school term, but the arrival of an unconventional new teacher cheers him up.

The Outfit can't believe it when half the village turns out to protest against Farmer Denton's new wind turbine. After all, it's so much better than ugly pylons and nuclear power stations. So they decide to keep an eye on things, just in case. Then Jillo is kidnapped, and the kidnappers order Farmer Denton to dismantle the wind machine - or else. Can The Outfit save Jillo - and the 'green' wind machine?

Pudding Bag School is an ordinary school. But this year, Class 4b has the magical Miss Gilhoolie teaching them, and suddenly things are much more exciting.... A special class prize will be awarded to the children who make the most money at the Pudding Bag School Summer Fair. With their teacher ill, Class 4b and their pet moose need something special - and it arrives just in time. But it smells very strongly of magic! Will anyone notice?

Froglet Pond is under attack, and The Outfit are furious. It's not just them that will suffer if the pond's filled in - what about all the wildlife that lives there? It's up to The Outfit to stop the plans and save the pond - by fair means or foul....

When the children are snowed in during a dinner ladies' detention for what could turn into weeks, things look bad. After all, dinner ladies are not overly fond of children, and their cooking is terrible! Now London has been evacuated, and time and food are running out. Bagdemagus, the magical school cat, is behaving very strangely - can he help the children make their escape?

A crazed and dying Flight Lieutenant, nine village children, a top-secret spacecraft - all of them out of control and adrift in space! Someone must take charge. But who? Brylo has the brains, but not the personality, so it is the powerful young bully Tony who sets himself up as Captain - and steers the ship and its cargo of children towards new and horrifying dangers…

Kevin Twerp's life hasn't been easy. His famous, pop-singing dad was killed in an plane crash, so his Mum has had to go out to work as a school nurse. She is now known by the unfortunate name of 'Nitty Norah the Hair Explorer'. And, as if that wasn't bad enough, looming like a dark shadow, is Killer Keast, the Headmaster. But then his mum decides to take in a lodger, and WPC Rose Button, the All-England Mud Wallowing Champion, joins the household. Now things will definitely start to happen!

A little girl's gone missing in Lenton. Just disappeared from right outside the school. And everyone's blaming Ragger Bill, the homeless man who lives in the school boiler room. But The Outfit are sure Ragger Bill's innocent - and if the only way to prove it is to find the missing girl, then that's what they'll have to do...

The Outfit have a new project - raising money for a sick girl. A sponsored walk across the Yorkshire moors seems like the ideal solution. Then The Outfit get separated from the main party and find themselves on the moors, in the mist...alone. Could this be a danger even The Outfit can't beat? Another fantastic story starring The Outfit, from best-selling author Robert Swindells.

The Outfit hear that a stranger has bought the haunted house - otherwise known as Givenham Keep. Who'd want to live in such a horrid, spooky place? Whoever it is has vicious dogs, steel gates, and something to hide. Then The Outfit meet Vic, a frightened runaway boy who warns them of Givenham Keep's dangers. Can they find out what's happening - without getting caught themselves?