Tired of following the strict rules of their grumpy replacement principal, second-grader A.J. and his classmates try to find a way to bring back eccentric but lovable Principal Klutz, who was fired for bringing a wild turkey to the school's Thanksgiving Day assembly.

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.

It's Pee Wee football season, and A.J.'s new coach is wants all the boys to do push-ups in the mud. She wants them to pick up a car. And worst of all, she wants to put girls on the team!

"A. J. and his friends have the weirdest Easter in the history of the world when Mayor Hubble hosts an egg hunt at the mayor's mansion"--

Disaster reigns when A.J. participates in the school's holiday pageant celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.

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

A skateboarding principal offers unusual incentives to his students to motivate them to learn more.

A.J. and Andrea go on a class trip to the museum, where their guide has been warned about their possible misbehavior.

"A. J. and his friends from Ella Mentry School are in for a weird Christmas surprise when they head to the local mall to see Santa Claus"--

As their cross-country journey with their parents continues through the midwest, twins Coke and Pepsi, now thirteen, again face strange assassins at such places as the first McDonald's restaurant and Cedar Point amusement park.