A mystery in which Wishbone, the television dog, helps his friends Joe Talbot, Samantha Kepler, and David Barnes determine who has stolen the head from their school mascot's costume.
Wishbone, Joe Talbot, and their friends try to uncover the truth when a mysterious green, glowing object crashes on the outskirts of Oakdale, throwing the town into a frenzy of UFO speculation.
After several burglary attempts occur at the bookstore where he is working for the summer, Joe and Wishbone decide to investigate and discover that some of the most important clues to the mystery are in the books themselves.
Joe Talbot and Wishbone must figure out what is going on when Joe's job at a local video store is threatened by a vandal who is splicing footage of people in Oakdale into popular rental movies.
Wishbone and Joe race to discover the truth when Joe is suspected of playing practical jokes on his basketball teammates, derailing their chances for a great season.
Joe Talbot is excited to land a role in the famous filmmaking Drake brothers' movie about Oakdale in the 1880s, but when it becomes obvious that someone is trying to sabotage the project, Joe and Wishbone set out to investigate.
Wishbone and his friends race to solve an increasingly complicated mystery when their favorite pizza parlor, Pepper Pete's, becomes the target of a lot of bad publicity following the theft of an antique model steam engine that had been on display at the restaurant.