It's an ordinary morning in Walla Walla until Lulu, her teacher, the school nurse, and the principal are all infected by a word warp which makes them reduplicate everything they say.
Dolores is a very timid cat. Her owner, Kyle, keeps a light on all night so she won't be scared. One night dolores pokes Kyle's face while he is sleeping. The house is on fire! Can Dolores wake Kyle up in time?.
An incident at school forces sixth grader Phil Morelli, a white boy, to become aware of racial discrimination and segregation, and to seriously consider if he himself is prejudiced.
A fifth-grader starts a newspaper with an editorial that prompts her burnt-out classroom teacher to really begin teaching again, but he is later threatened with disciplinary action as a result.
