Ulysses. mythical hero and king of Ithaca. left years ago to fight in the Trojan War. He never came home. His son. Telemachus. an impatient and immature prince who is as clumsy as he is ambitious. decides to go looking for him. On the way. he meets the hot-headed princess Polycaste. who helps him in his perilous adventure full of vengeful gods and terrifying monsters. Will the winds be favorable to them?

On his first day of class at a new school, Leo, a boy who talks to the ghosts of famous dead people for fun, meets Hamlin, who can talk to animals, and Farah, a human flamethrower. The new friends band together to track down the thief who has made off with the school's prized trophy, and must use all their powers to fight off an army of gigantic robots intent on destroying them. What they don't know is that this is all just part of a much, much bigger plan...

Jack is a typical grade school kid... except that he never speaks a word, is followed everywhere he goes by a flying bug, and can turn into any animal he wants, usually to come to the rescue of his family and classmates. Not everybody appreciates his strange behavior, however. When the town's children start disappearing into the forest, though, Jack's special ability is their only hope. Will Jack ever be understood and accepted by those around him? And will the townsfolk come to see the forest as anything besides a danger and a nuisance?