More than anything else, Jeffrey wanted to go to school like his older brother David, and to be able to read - just like David. But that fall when Jeffrey was five and a half, and the first grade in Hatboro, Pennsylvania was too crowded, thing looked discouraging. Then one day Jeffrey's father told him two things. The first was that the family was moving to Cincinnati, Ohio; and the second - well, that was a secret shared only by Jeffrey and his father. But it had to do with school and a wonderful, big IF...

This story is about the adventures of three of the author's grandchildren.