After learning about the American Revolution on a family trip to Boston, Judy Moody makes her own Declaration of Independence and tries to prove that she is responsible enough to have more freedoms, such as a larger allowance and her own bathroom.
Peggy receives a mysterious call from the Viper warning that he is coming in one year, with repeated calls which count down the dwindling time until his arrival.
Third-grader Katie Carew, transformed by a magical wind into Lucille, the nasty lunch lady, gets the older woman fired for starting a food fight and must figure out how to get Lucille's job back.