Tom Birdseye

Fifth-grader Cody Carson keeps a journal of his hopes for a fresh start in a town where nobody knows about his humiliating mistakes of the past, but before school even begins so does his embarrassment.

Eleven-year-old Tucker likes his life with his divorced father, until the nine year old sister he has not seen in years moves back in with them and claims that their mother wants them to become one family again.

Taking up where "Jack and the Beanstalk" left off, the felled giant's big brother comes after Jack, but once again Jack's quick mind gets him out of trouble in the nick of time.

A child eagerly awaits the arrival of a new baby in the family.