Rosie Jones

One night in 1960, the twins awake to find their father pulling their screaming mother from the house. She is to be committed to an asylum. It is, so their father insists, for her own good. It's not long before they, too, are removed from their London home and sent to Nightingales - a large house deep in the New Forest countryside - to be watched over by their cold-hearted grandmother, Mrs Mitcham. Though they feel abandoned and unloved, at least...

Getting into the Shine School for Performing Arts is a dream come true for Chloe - she?ll be taking classes in dance and drama everyday and surrounded by people just as passionate as she is! But while the talented and extroverted Chloe was the star at her old school, at Shine it?s much harder to stand out. And although the other girls in her year seem nice, she finds it trickier to make real friends than she?d expected too. Chloe starts to muck around...

Bethany has been keeping a secret from her best friends: she?s attending The Shine School for the Performing Arts on a scholarship since her mum can?t afford to pay for stage school. But with all her homework and the long journey to and from school every day, Bethany is struggling. Then she?s offered the chance to perform in a backing vocal group at a celebrity charity concert with her favourite singer. Luckily, the school has a boarding house she...

When there?s a big audition for a West End production of Mary Poppins at The Shine School for the Performing Arts, Sara is hoping this?ll be her big chance. She sings her heart out in the first round of auditions and is delighted to get a callback for the part of Jane. But rather than being pleased for her, Sara?s mum is only concerned about how getting the role would affect her schoolwork. Meanwhile, Lizabeth, another talented student, has her eye...