The excitement of the Fourth of July is in the air and young Lucky Hart is as anxious as ever to see the big fireworks display, but when a weird event alters the plans and leads to a change in the town name, Lucky begins to think that all the holiday spirit has suddenly and completely vanished. Teacher's Guide available.

Captain Ragg and Short Tooth encounter a wild beast in their quiet town and so come up with a plan to sell tickets to people in their community, but before they know it, the whole town is involved and people are lined up for blocks in anticipation of seeing the creature emerge from the shadows.

Heddy Peggler's pig Oinkey has been pignapped by the greedy scientist, Dr. Z. Z. Squeers and is to be displayed at the Ploomajiggy Museum of Animal History, but Heddy and her friends are ready to put a stop to evil Dr. Squeers.

A child's great-great-grandmother's diary reveals the story behind a fallen elm tree, 'rescued' pumpkins, and an unusual pig who saves the Cobtown Harvest Festival in 1845.

From the outskirts of town, the people of Cobtown hear a wailing every evening, and seeing fear in the faces of her niece and neighbors one day, Aunt Heddy Peggler decides to uncover the mystery and put an end to the town's worries.

Anticipating Christmas 1845 and her singing performance before the townspeople of Cobtown, ten-year-old Lucky encounters such challenges as the arrival of a lost blind man, the breaking of the pump organ, and a sick dog.