Dory and her friends from Ms. Starr's Upside-Down Magic class set off on an overnight school field trip to Dragon Haven to see, and learn how to care for, dragons--unfortunately there are other students with regular magic there as well, so it is not long before the trouble starts.
Yasmin's class is going on a field trip to the zoo, and Yasmin is thrilled when she is chosen to help feed the monkeys; but when she trips and spills their food both she and the monkeys are upset, until she remembers that she has fruit in her lunch bag to share with her new "friends.".
Sam's favorite thing about second grade is the class pet, a hamster named George Washington, so when the class goes on a field trip to a science museum, Sam cannot resist bringing George along.
The seventh graders of McQuarrie Middle School and their Star Wars-inspired Origami finger puppets go on a field trip to Washington, D.C., on what proves to be a very long trip full of shifting alliances, betrayals, carsickness, and sugar rushes.
Zuze is a fan of the great Rufus Roth, a superstar musician from the past, so she is thrilled when her music class gets to go on a time traveling field trip to visit five rock concerts, where Zuzu hopes Rufus will sing her favorite song, "Susie Girl.".
Mr. Flinn's best students go to the space museum a few hours away from Tellis, their planet, but Mr. Flinn is fed up with them when they argue and don't get along.