Angie Wu finds herself the center of attention in the fourth grade when she starts sharing her Guatemalan trouble dolls, supposedly able to make troubles go away, but then her friends get mad when the magic does not work for them.
When a fifteen-year-old Mandrian princess makes a wish in a wizard's circle, she winds up on earth alone and without the ability and desire to return home.
As Emma waits with excitement for her cousin Abby to arrive for a sleepover, a snowstorm brings so many visitors to her family's inn that she and her mother give up their own rooms, and still Abby has not appeared.
Kaley Bluster has her own view of the world history she reads for her 4th grade essay writing assignments. Her teacher, Mr. Serrano, tries to get her to write essays, but they always turn out to be creative commentaries on Kaley's life and her own interpretations of history in light of her modern world.
Niko uses his imagination and a spaceship he built out of a box to explore space with his robot dog, but Niko's sister, who is not invited, keeps trying to insert herself into his story.
