Miss Daisy's unusual teaching methods surprise her second grade students, especially reluctant learner A.J.

After budget cuts threaten the art and music programs at Ella Mentry School, as well as some services, groundskeeper Burke finds gold and "gilver" on the playground, causing a modern-day gold rush.

Four fifth-grade students--a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker--as well as their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments.

Judson Moon, age thirteen, is sworn in as President of the United States on January 20, 2001. A year after winning the presidential election of 2000, 12-year-old Judson is dodging assassination attempts and facing off with a crazed South American dictator. Sometimes Judson wishes he were just a regular kid back in Madison, Wisconsin. This funny story educates readers about the White House and government.

After discarding their infamous homework machine, four friends, now in sixth grade, find themselves once again at the police station, this time giving testimony about an incident involving a powerful computer chip, a Grand Canyon treasure, and a dead body.