Ten-year-old Akiko has an unexpected adventure when she is whisked away to a distant planet and put in charge of the rescue mission that must search for the kidnapped Prince Froptoppit.
Billy's double life--elementary school in Piffling, Indiana, and international monster killer--intensifies as he makes his first solo creatch-op in a Chinese mountain village.
Sixth-grader Akiko and her friends from the planet Smoo travel to the upside-down city of Gollarondo where an accident befalls Gax the robot and a search begins for all his missing pieces.
Brody confronts Talia with the truth about her death and she disappears for a few days, leaving Brody to carry on the search for the Penny Murderer on his own. As he continues his training with Kagemura, he learns that he already has the ability to know when Nicole's murder is imminent.
Ten-year-old Akiko and her newly made friends survive a skugbits storm, crash in the Moonguzzit Sea, and are captured by the army of Queen Pwip as they continue their mission to rescue the son of the king of the planet Smoo.
Fifth-grader Akiko renews her acquaintance with her friends from the planet Smoo when they whisk her away to the Zarga Baffa Training Camp, where she must deal with mud, misery, and a training master who is out to get her.
