Dink and his friends meet an exchange student, Sammi, who is actually the prince of an island country, hiding from those enemies who have kidnapped his parents and who may be after him as well.

After a band of mice kidnap Jones, the ship's cat, and want to ransom him for cheese, the Pocket Pirates have to venture into the Fridge to get the cheese and outwit the mice to get Jones safely back to their ship, which is in a bottle on the mantlepiece.

"Eight-year-old Ada, who has a knack for science, math, and solving mysteries, teams up with her best friend, Nina, to find a missing dog."-- Provided by publisher.