Horrible Histories

When her soccer team threatens to mutiny, Mo gets a lesson in leadership from one of history’s greatest-- Elizabeth the First. After witnessing the English Queen artfully navigate the treacherous waters of her court as well as a Channel teeming with the invading Spanish Armada, rallying her mates is mere sport for Mo.

After a down and dirty visit with Leif Ericson and his equally famous and, er, irascible father, Eric the Red, Stitch and Mo set Darren Dongle straight about the amazing accomplishments of the Viking explorers who “discovered” North America — beating out Columbus by 500 years.

When Darren Dongle stages a coup of the student council promising to model his rule on that of Julius Caesar, Stitch and Mo take a spin back to uncover the full truth about the famed leader and his, shall we say, “sharply abrupt” end — you get the point.

When Mo is grounded for righteously refusing to clean her pigsty room, a trip back to the dark days of Medieval England enlightens her about what rights are worth fighting for — and having a messy room is not one of them!

Our harried heroes barely escape with their heads when caught in the grip of the many superstitions that contributed to Montezuma’s and the Aztec civilization’s downfall.

Wrestling with the possibility of a wrestling match with Darren Dongle leads our heroes to the original Olympic Games for a few tips and an appreciation of the many contributions of the ancient Greeks to modern culture.

Enduring the hardships of the journey to open the western frontier and the frenzy of the California Gold Rush, Stitch and Mo learn a valuable lesson in risk and reward — one worth its weight in gold.

The American Revolution pits Stitch and the American rebels against Mo and the British royalists, and teaches them that there are two sides — and often more — to every conflict.

Stitch, thinking he has royal blood, has a grand vision for building a dazzling Donut Empire, but visits with Louis the XIV of France, Peter the Great of Russia, and Shah Jahan of India, convince him that having a grand vision can blind one to real needs of real people.

Fed-up with tests and homework, Stitch and Mo want to trade school for the working world, until they have a taste of the “glamorous” lives of child laborers in the English Industrial Revolution.

After landing in the trading center of Mali in West Africa, where salt and gold are equally valued, our heroes meet King Mansa Musa and discover that one man’s “trash” can be another man’s “treasure.”

A stint after school in detention leaves our heroes feeling forever tainted, until a visit to early Australia’s penal colony assures them that duly serving a sentence honorably entitles them to have all of their rights — and reputation — restored.

Stitch and Mo discover that Darren’s latest put-down of them as “Neanderthals” might actually be a compliment because, with their highly developed skills and tools, Neanderthals didn’t cave in to a prehistoric wild and wooly environment.