3 | A humanlike mouse and four poor sisters from Massachusetts go on adventures as they grow up. |
2 | A gentle elephant protects Hem, Haw, and two mice as they navigate a maze inside a speck of dust. |
3 | A child detective and his dog, Sludge, investigate a Jazz Age millionaire during Prohibition-era America. |
3 | The rhythmic sounds coming from the floorboards echoes the madness on the ivory trader’s steamboat journey in Africa. |
2 | Chaotic child Max imagines himself the king of the animals, vehicles, and the snorting steam shovel that returns him to his nest. |
2 | A mistreated orphan discovers his powers while creating a magical edible “potion” made from the meat and vegetables that the villagers donated. |
2 | After traveling though geometric and colorful landscapes, instead of waiting the father becomes desparate for his child to settle down for the night. |
1 | Youth: foster care, young adulthood: communicating via a garden, adulthood: intelligence grows swiftly and then crashes devastatingly. |
4 | Jim sets sail with a one-legged cook and finds a lone girl wearing a dress of cormorant feathers off the California coast. |
3 | Arthur’s life from youth in training to responsible monarch to vain father of three daughters, only one of whom loves him. |
5 | London is supposed to be a utopia complete with happiness-producing Soma, but the interviews reveal the horror of a pandemic from Solanum. |
1 | After leaving B 612, a young man in love with a rose finds adventure with a quartet of young former monarchs who rediscover their lost weapons and artifacts. |
3 | Searching for keys and Easter eggs in the virtual world uncovers a severe and strict nurse who rules over the patients in a psychiatric hospital. |
2 | During a medieval story-telling contest one of the pilgrims reveals that Fudge has swallowed Dribble the turtle. |
4 | While serving a year in a federal womens’ prison, Piper the horse recalls their life from carefree foal, to pulling cabs, to retiring in the country. |
2 | While reporting on the political machinations of Willie Stark, it’s speculated that there are psychological differences between genders. |