Gavin and his cousin Rhonda make a break for the backyard to escape boredom at Grandma's house during their family's Thanksgiving Day celebration and face guard dogs, aunts, and more on their way out.
Daisy Marsha Martin's dilly dallying makes her late for nearly everything, but if she cannot find a way to make it to her swimming lesson on time, her "mermaid training" will be at an end.
When Bud gets on the wrong school bus he finds himself at Cosmos Academy on another planet, where Earthlings are considered extremely dangerous--can he conceal his identity as a native of Earth and still manage to find his way home?.
