A young man with a mysterious past and a penchant for inventing things leaves the troll who raised him, meets an unhappy princess he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father.
An illustrated collection of fourteen short stories featuring "dragons and wizards, councilors and mayors, an adventurous tortoise and a monster in a lake, along with plenty of pointy hats and a few magic "spells" written when the author was a teenaged newspaper reporter.
"When the eighth grade civics class of Miami's Culver Middle School goes on a trip to Washington, D.C., Wyatt Palmer finds himself in deep trouble before the plane even lands because his best friend, Matt, has decided the men sitting behind them are terrorists and it is up to the boys to stop them"--Provided by publisher.
In 1895, twelve-year-old Stan decides to find his long-lost father in the logging camps of Michigan, documenting in his scrapbook his travels and encounters with troublesome relatives, his mother's suitors, lumberjacks, and more.
After his time-traveling deeds cause the destruction of the world by preventing Harold and George from creating Captain Underpants, Tippy Tinkletrousers tries to use his time machine to correct the situation, but it proves to be difficult to fix.
George and Harold's attempts to hypnotize their teacher results in the creation of the monstrous Wedgie Woman, who sets out to rule the world by getting rid of Captain Underpants.
Professor Pippy P. Poopypants comes to Jerome Horwitz Elementary School to teach science, and goes off the deep end because students make fun of his name, leaving Captain Underpants to save the school from the professor's perilous plot.
A snotty situation ensues when Melvin Sneedley, an academically-gifted student, turns into the Bionic Booger Boy and must be stopped by George, Harold, and Captain Underpants.
Captain Underpants and his friends, having dispatched Melvin Sneedley, the Bionic Booger Boy, must join the fray again when they realize they have forgotten about Sneedley's sidekicks, the Robo-Boogers.
