Mel Beeby, Agent Angel

12 primary works • 15 total works

Winging it

by Annie Dalton

Published 2 January 2001

Meet Melanie Beeby! Mel is a trainee time-travelling angel. She's feisty, witty, streetwise and...dead! New-look cover for an angelic series rebirth! Melanie Beeby, just thirteen, has been permanently removed from the late 20th Century by a speeding joy rider. She is elevated to another place, where she attends the Angel Academy. When she is asked to join an elite trouble-shooting group, Angels Unlimited, she is sent on a trial mission to London during the Blitz to help save another young person. Mel breaks the only rule -- she materialises to a human -- yet still manages to come out top of the class! She is given her angel name -- Helix -- and comes up with her perfect teen outfit. 'To me this look says committed, it says now, it says ready for action. I mean, I'm an angel, so I should look divine, right?' Hilarious, fast-moving, other-worldly adventure!

Losing the Plot

by Annie Dalton

Published 2 July 2001

The second title about Melanie Beeby, the time-travelling, trouble-shooting angel. She's feisty, witty, streetwise but definitely dead. She's sent on a mission to Shakespearean England to make sure England doesn't lose out on the man of the millennium! New-look cover for an angelic series rebirth! Mel has now passed her exams to become a full member of the Agency -- the specialist team of trouble-shooting, time-travelling angels. She's not always happy and often thinks about her life, and of her mother back down on earth. But when she, Lola -- her best-angel friend -- and Reuben are sent on a mission to Shakespearean England, she realises that she must be fully alert and on the ball, if England is not to miss out on the greatest play-writing talent the earth will ever come to know. A robust adventure for the angel team featuring pirates, smugglers, wicked 16th century plots and plenty of sweet words. Friendships are made and broken -- hearts too, in the second of these lively titles. AGE 10-12

Flying High

by Annie Dalton

Published 5 November 2001

Mel is a trainee time-travelling angel. She's feisty, witty, streetwise and...dead! For her latest cosmic adventure, it's back to the future...New-look cover for an angelic series rebirth! Past perfect, future tense...Even angels need to chill out and Melanie's been looking forward to Lola's birthday beach party for weeks. So she's not impressed when Michael volunteers her and her angel mates for a medieval field trip. But when they get there, they stumble upon a time scam which could have serious repercussions for the Agency. They track the culprits back to their school in the twenty-third century -- only to find that the kids are being monitored for sinister Opposition purposes. Can Mel change something which hasn't even happened yet? Angels must have their limits...

Calling the Shots

by Annie Dalton

Published 2 April 2002

Feisty Mel the trainee time-travelling angel is back for her fourth adventure! And this time, it's1920s Hollywood that needs her special touch...New-look cover for an angelic series rebirth! Mel gets the Call -- a strange out-of-body experience which tells Angel Academy students that they are ready for their first guardian angel module. At first, it seems like a suitably fluffy assignment -- the America of the 1920s, full of flappers and limos, jazz and silent movies. But Mel's got her hands full when she has to look after Honesty Bloomfield, a sullen, withdrawn girl who is travelling across America with her family. They are bound for Hollywood -- the city of dreams, or nightmares?

Fogging Over

by Annie Dalton

Published 5 August 2002

Australian secrets and Jack the Ripper's London keep Mel the time-travelling angel on her toes in her fifth adventure! New-look cover for an angelic series rebirth! Rather to Mel's horror, she is teamed up for her new assignment in the nineteenth century with her best mate Lola -- and her worst enemy Brice! But tensions are put aside as they all witness a scene in the Australian outback, where an old convict lies dying, burdened with a terrible secret. Then suddenly they are transported to Victorian London -- and Jack the Ripper is on the prowl. Foggy streets, phoney mediums, gin shops and workhouses -- Mel's really got her work cut out this time. The angels' new mission is to watch over little Georgie and his sister Charlotte, caught up in poverty and being duped by a wicked uncle with an eye to their inheritance. Could the old convict they saw be the key to saving Georgie and his family from ruin? On top of all this, working with Brice is getting harder for Mel. Because there's something more than friendship developing between him and Lola...

Fighting Fit

by Annie Dalton

Published 6 January 2003

Mel’s latest challenge is in Ancient Rome, keeping an eye on a young girl gladiator! New-look cover for an angelic series rebirth!

After a hush-hush trip to Ancient Rome, Orlando is clearly disturbed by what he's seen, so when he decides to go back, with a team of volunteers,
Mel loyally signs up. It looks as if this will be the mission of her dreams, but in the cruel, decadent world of Nero’s Roman Empire, her fantasies crumble. Who is the mysterious girl gladiator Orlando seems to be trying so hard to protect? How did he come to meet her? Is his concern purely professional, or is it something more?

Making Waves

by Annie Dalton

Published 3 November 2003

Mel is swashbuckling off to the seventeenth century Caribbean -- watch out, there are pirates about! New-look cover for an angelic series rebirth! Lately Brice seems to be behaving, so when Michael asks Mel to join him on a mission to the 17th Century Caribbean, she happily zooms off to pack her bikini. But the lush paradise of the New World has a dark side -- piracy, slave ships, cruel plantation owners. Then Brice bumps into an evil ancestor, and without warning he abandons his mates, running off to Port Royal, the wicked Jamaican city where pirates rule like kings. Can Mel save their maverick buddy or has Heaven's favourite bad boy blown it for good?

Budding Star

by Annie Dalton

Published 4 May 2004

Mel Beeby's eighth adventure takes her to medieval Japan, searching for a lost soul. Mel and Reuben have been studying Soul Retrieval, running through all manner of challenging scenarios in virtual reality, in order to learn the specialised skills necessary to rescue human souls. The two angels are sent to Japan, to try and re-unite a young girl's soul with her body, as she lies in a coma. It isn't her time to die. In their quest for the soul, Mel and Reuben have to enter a realm that's magical and exquisite, like an idealised Japanese fairy-tale dream. Feudal lords, fabulous magical castles, ninjas, wandering monks, waterfalls, demons and shapeshifters. But like all dreams, it has its dark side, and the Japanese afterlife has some extremely scary aspects. Mel and Reuben must stick together...and at the end, there is even a little hint of romance for our two angel buddies!

Keeping It Real

by Annie Dalton

Published 4 July 2005

Meet the coolest angel in town! KEEPING IT REAL launches a cool, funky new look and series name for the AGENT ANGEL.

Mel Beeby is thrilled to be sent on an urgent angelic mission back to her old school. She always jokes about her old comprehensive being a hellhole, but when she arrives she’s shocked to see this is literally the case!

Graffiti, disobedience, disillusionment, bad behaviour and bad grades aside, this school has problems. There are invisible beasts of hell roaming the corridors, and the students have completely lost sight of their dreams.

Mel loves being back home, and can’t wait to see her family and friends again. But when she finally sees her three best friends, she’s horrified to see how much they’ve changed. One has almost TOTALLY gone over to the Dark Powers.

Worse still, this whole nightmare might all be her fault…

Going for Gold

by Annie Dalton

Published 1 May 2007

Mel Beeby, the funkiest angel in heaven, is on a mission to find Cleopatra and help a slave girl in this tenth adventure in the ass-kicking Agent Angel series. As Mel Beeby travels to ancient Egypt to help an orphan girl carry a priceless perfume to Queen Cleopatra, she must watch her every step! Her emotions are running wild after a recent angel upgrade, and her inner agent is falling silent as she faces 'the Test'. It all makes Mel a sitting target for the Powers of Darkness in this brilliant new Agent Angel adventure!

Feeling the Vibes

by Annie Dalton

Published 4 February 2008

The penultimate book in the hugely popular Agent Angel series sees Mel Beeby travelling through time and space to India, to babysit a very special little boy! With her inner angel on the blink, Mel is confined to base, where she helps out at the Divine nursery. Whilst there, she discovers that calm little Obi will soon be leaving the school, destined to become a great spiritual leader on Earth. Mel knows she must accompany him on this dangerous journey and her buddies loyally offer to go with her. But something scares Obi and he vanishes. They know the little boy's in India, but nobody knows exactly where or when. In a mission that is both illegal and dangerous, Mel and her mates travel across the sub-continent and through time, until they track down Obi at a poor shanty town, where the calm little boy is already having his own thoughts about what he wants to do!

Living the Dream

by Annie Dalton

Published 1 July 2008

The final adventure in the hugely popular Agent Angel series sees Mel facing her biggest challenge to date. Earth's future lies in the balance -- can Mel help save her home planet from destruction? 21st Century Earth is in meltdown and Mel holds the key to saving the planet and humanity! Not much pressure then! As if that's not enough, she's being sent on a mission to help Cody Fortuna, a troubled native American girl, urgently in need of angelic support. That's if she can lift the curse Cody's under...

The Heavenly Collection

by Annie Dalton

Published 22 April 2002

Meet Mel Beeby, the feisty, trouble-shooting, trouble-making angel -- in this sparkling 3-in-1 edition of her first three adventures! Find your way to cloud 9 with this brilliant bind up of the first three Mel Beeby adventures! WINGING IT Melanie Beeby, just thirteen, has been permanently removed from the late 20th Century by a speeding joy rider. She is elevated to another place, where she attends the Angel Academy. When she is asked to join an elite trouble-shooting group, Angels Unlimited, she is sent on a trial mission to London during the Blitz! LOSING THE PLOT Mel has now passed her exams to become a full member of the Agency. When she, Lola -- her best-angel friend -- and Reuben are sent on a mission to Shakespearean England, she realises that she must be fully alert and on the ball, if England is not to miss out on the greatest play-writing talent the earth will ever know! FLYING HIGH Even angels need to chill out, and Mel's been looking forward to Lola's birthday beach party for weeks. So she's not impressed when Michael volunteers her and her angel mates for a medieval field trip.
But when they get there, they stumble upon a time scam which could have serious repercussions for the FUTURE!

The Cosmic Collection

by Annie Dalton

Published 4 May 2004

Mel Beeby is back in her second bind-up! Three books in one comprising 'Calling the Shots', 'Fogging Over' and 'Fighting Fit'.

Mel Beeby is the time-travelling angel who is growing in confidence which each new adventure. In 'Calling the Shots', Mel travels to 1920s Hollywood and helps a family in trouble. In 'Fogging Over', Mel and her mates go to Victorian London to help save a young lad from the terrors of his wicked uncle, and his sister from the streets where Jack the Ripper roams. In 'Fighting Fit', Mel and Co go to Ancient Rome to reunite triplets, separated at birth. Scintillating time-travel with a thirteen-year-old angel with a divine wardrobe! Cosmic, or what?

The Divine Collection

by Annie Dalton

Published 7 November 2005

Mel Beeby, the fun-loving, troubleshooting Agent Angel, is back in this third sparkling bumper collection of three stories. Join her adventures in: Making Waves, Budding Star and Keeping it Real. MAKING WAVES Mission: Foil the pirates! Bad-boy Brice has been behaving himself lately. So when Mel is asked to join Brice on a mission to the seventeenth-century Caribbean, she happily zooms off to pack her bikini. But the lush paradise of the New World soon shows its dark side, and Brice abandons his mates in Port Royal, the wicked Jamaican city where pirates rule like kings. Has Brice blown it for good this time? BUDDING STAR Mission: Rescue a pop princess! When a young Japanese pop idol gets into trouble, Mel and Reuben volunteer for a spot of soul-retrieval. But chasing Tsubomi's soul through another dimension is not as easy as it looks. Castles, ninjas, mysterious hermits and magicians aside, someone is playing a very dark game, and Mel thinks she knows who. KEEPING IT REAL Mission: Save my best friends! Mel gets the surprise of her life when she's sent on an urgent angelic mission -- back to her old school.
When Mel arrives she's shocked to find her school is now a nightmarish hellhole and her best friends are in deep trouble. Worst of all, it could all be Mel's fault!