When the Sullivan sisters' grandmother gathers the entire family on Christmas to announce that she is removing them all from her will unless whoever it is that has offended her confesses in writing by New Year's Day, everybody begins to consider what they may have done.
After a burglary in the neighborhood, Roy's dad insists that Space Dog guard the house. Space Dog can spell and talk but scaring away robbers is not something Space Dog does.
A spaceship crashes in Roy's backyard and brings Space Dog to his home. But he is no ordinary dog--he reads the paper, eats pizza, and does not want to act like an animal.
A weekend at Granny's for Roy and his parents means a vacation for Space Dog. He can walk on two feel and eat normal food!, but while Roy is gone the dog catcher gets Space Dog.
It is 1982 and nineteen-year-old Laura Reid is spending a semester in Leningrad studying Russian, but when she meets Alyosha she discovers the dissident Russia--a world of wild parties, underground books and music, love, and constant danger.
Elle Woods, sophomore in high school, falls in love with the star of her high school's basketball team and decides to revive the spirit of the team and its cheerleaders.
Roy, who has always wanted a dog, thinks he's found the perfect pet when an explorer from the planet Queekrg, whose inhabitants are all dogs, crash lands in the backyard.