Ben's father gives him "The Facts of Life" but Ben hits him with much tougher questions than birds-and-bees stuff. Why are some people starving? Dad can't answer. Ben starts a crusade to make the world right. And reaps the consequences.
10 year old Gary Doyle has a photographic memory. He denies to be a teacher's pet. Still he gets beaten up every day. This changes as he participate a quiz on the radio.
In 1910 the Australian Government passed a law requiring all boys aged between 14 and 17 years of age to register for compulsory military training. Will Barnes is a 14-year-old conscientious objector who refuses to register.
Flea is spending his vacation at a music camp in a spooky old mansion. But he is more interested in scaring people with practical jokes, than in music.