With only five more days of school remaining before summer vacation, nine-year-old Miami still faces several hurdles, such as how to get along with Destinee Tate, his nemesis.
Carl, a man in need of adventure, and Russell, a boy in need of a friend, both find what they are looking for when they embark on a wild journey that includes flying houses, exotic jungles, beasts, and surprising villains.
In order to earn money for new bicycles, nine-year-old cousins Keats and Henry take a job at a very strange house where doors disappear, carpets bite, and a zombie shark comes after them.