Girls' Crystal #1099

Girls' Crystal #1,099 is an anthology issue containing three stories. "Their Strange Task in Venice" follows Joy and Linda Player as they race in a motor-boat piloted by an Italian boy named Veneto to reach Venice in time to enter a water sports competition, only to discover that a mysterious girl is also attempting to win the first prize—a model clock. A second story involves two schoolgirls, Beile and Julie, who become involved in exposing sabotage at a film company after discovering that damage to a film and accusations against a young film star were caused by an enemy intent on harming the production. "The Tour of the Gypsy Caravan" by Doreen Gray depicts Ann and her friends on a holiday in Cornwall where they encounter a gypsy caravan, rescue a girl named Dorothy who has been kidnapped, and become entangled in a mysterious adventure involving a coach accident and hidden followers.