David finds a lot of things funny that the people around him--including his mother--do not find at all amusing.

Twelve-year-old Dexter Foreman has lived at The Pines Retirement Village with his grandmother since he was 6 years old, homeschooled by the residents until he's forced to attend middle school, where he sticks out like a sore thumb.

Sam can't wait to go on her first cruise. There will be sun, fun, and lots of good food. But when a slime creature emerges from the all-you-can-eat buffet, Sam's afraid that it wants more than the food on display.

Duckie, a duckling, and Snaps, a young crocodile, are told they cannot be friends since crocodiles eat ducks--but Snaps does not want to eat Duckie, and she comes up with an alternative.