Clark Flanagan

Mr Corbett is a cruel employer to Ben Partridge. One night on New Years Eve Ben is sent out to deliver some medicine. Along the way he wishes his master was dead, little knowing that the man he is delivering to is the Collector of Souls.

When his young daughter disappears, her father refuses to accept that she is dead and sets out on a journey to find her.

Mr. Selkie is a seal who comes ashore in the shape of a man during full moon. He helps some children in an anti-pollution campaign.

Cockney East End lad Barry Grieves is a young tennis player with a promising future. Lucy Roberts – a middle-class girl with the same raw talent – also has dreams of making a name for herself on the courts.