When Gruey investigates the Power of Positive Planning, it is Wooly and Quidsy who have to do the hard work. After all, a challenge from Nigel Jackson is not to be taken lightly.
Gruey is short of money - but not of schemes to earn it. He didn't exactly plan to set up as an ice-cream salesman, though, nor to feature on local radio!
'Everyday is an adventure but Gruey and Co are suffering from too much television and not enough action. Perhaps tracking a wild Nidgey would be a start.
Gruey has not got a pet. How can he do a school project on animals? And just who is behind the dustbin mystery?
If the Tresswells had not been interested in UFOs, Gruey and Co would not hav
The school musical approaches. Will Gruey get a part? Will Quidsy? Does Wooly care? What about Betty's birthday? Is the cafe coming to a sticky end?
Gruey returns, older but not much wiser. Who has taken over Quidsy's shop? Who is the elephant teapot man? Does Mr Slater really want another vase? Gruey turns sleuth to answer these - and other - questions.
Romance is in the air, what with Mr and Mrs Grucock 's wedding anniversary, and sort-it-out Sandra's advice to Gruey about matchmaking.
Tai Chi, kites and flowerbeds conspire to get Gruey and Nidgey working together - almost.
Holiday time - can Wooly go too? Will Nidgey enjoy the south of France? Will Skegness ever be the same again?
Gruey takes up archaeology, and practically everybody else takes an interest in gardening. Events border on the catastrophic.
Incongruity Gruey is about to begin his GCSE course at the Upper School on the other side of the park and his options still need sorting out.