Polly the parrot has a big problem—she has nowhere to sleep on the pirate ship. The next day, it’s her turn as lookout, but she falls asleep on the job, which almost destroys the ship! Luckily, thanks to the pirates on board, they treat her with kindness and understanding instead of anger.
After a brush with the law, Ben, a dyed-in-the-wool worrier, must take up a new hobby and chooses knitting, an activity at which he excels but must try to keep secret from his friends, enemies, and sports-obsessed father.
In a future where few places are still habitable and people share their entire lives on the Web, Mila illegally enters the Isles, is captured, has a telephone implanted in her brain, and escapes, but government agents are after her and her greatest asset is a seven second delay from the time she acts until they receive the signal.
