A preoccupied inventor just can't seem to get his electromagnetic shrinking machine to work. Then, when he accidentally shrinks his kids and next-door neighbors' sons down to 1/4-inch tall and tosses them out with the trash, the real adventure begins. Now they face incredible dangers as they try to make their way home through the jungle of their own backyard: a sprinkler, dive-bombing bees, a runaway lawnmower, and much, much more.—Kelli Barron