During her frequent trips to the public library, Eunice seeks to uncover the identity of Cosmic Cousin, a mysterious reader who shares her love for science fiction and seems to be searching for a new friend by leaving notes inside books.
Best friends Leona and Eddie plan a fantastic day at home, but it backfires when Eddie gets sent to school, and separately they each go from disaster to disaster.
Jesse Beeman is always involving his best friend Walter Fujikawa in his crazy ideas, but things get out of hand when they try to catch shoplifters at the mall with Jesse's pet parrot.