When Mr. Fiddle walked through the door on an otherwise ordinary day, the kids in the classroom were expecting the usual routine. They knew for certain that he, their substitute teacher, was about to deliver some canned speech they simply did not want to hear.

But, when all was said and done that day, for five very special students, something ordinary became extraordinary, and they emerged from Mr. Fiddle's classroom empowered by lessons they never expected to learn.

Together, Tommy, Billy, Ralph, Josephine, and Agnes discover that they possess magical, superhuman powers, and they...