While visiting their friend Wallis and her adopted daughter on Mount Desert Island, Maine, Josh, Dink, and Ruth Rose investigate why three white wolf cubs were stolen, and by whom.
A young boy, faced with the prospect of having to take a music class, thinks about all the terrible stories he has heard about the music teacher, Miss LaNote, and the ordeals she forces her students to endure.
The unexpected gift of a new fire truck for the tiny, isolated fishing village of New Auckland is nearly overshadowed by the arrival of the man who comes to build the fire house--bringing a surprising trick with him.
A group of young trick-or-treaters demonstrate that "feet are for stomping," "eyes are for peeking," "mouths are for moaning," and "tummies are for treating.".