Jake Everdale struggles in school. The science fair is coming up. Jake needs to do well with his science fair project. Jake has made an agreement with his parents. If Jake does not do well in the science fair, he will have to give up the one thing he truly loves- BASEBALL!

In Jake’s frustration, he has turned to his school’s urban legend about the Wishing Well behind his school. It’s really a storm drain, but if he throws his most favorite item into the well, his wish will come true. Jake runs threw thunder and lightning to the well and throws in the gift from Aunt Margaret, a set of the Heroes of History figurines. “I really am a dummy, Jake thought angrily. Not even the Wishing Well can help a dummy like me. Jake threw his pencil onto the desk. ‘I wish someone could just do this for me!’ he cried. POP!” (14-15)

So begins the first book in this new series of Tiny Geniuses. Sir Isaac Newton pops in to help Jake. Sir Isaac Newton is more interested in figuring out how the light bulbs in Jake’s house work than in helping on Jake’s science fair project. Jake is running out of time. Jake wishes for a different helper. “POP!” (43) Amelia Earhart pops into the story.

Jake decides it is not safe to leave the two 3 inch tall geniuses at home while he goes to school, so he takes them with him in his backpack.Sir Isaac Newton and Amelia Earhart did not see eye to eye on much, especially on women being able to accomplish much.

Eventually the two geniuses come up with a project for Jake. Now the problem is the Jake did not do it on his own, so to turn it in would be cheating. “Suddenly, he remembered what Sir Isaac had said about not being curious. Jake was plenty curious about all sorts of stuff. And if curiosity was what he really needed to get started on his science project…” (88-89) Jake worked all night on his project dealing with paper airplanes and how they fly. Jake’s project earned 2nd place with a red ribbon.

Amelia Earhart and Sir Isaac Newton flew off in the airplane they created for Jake’s project.

Each of the 13 chapters flies onto the page with the illustration of a paper airplane in flight.

“A Note from the Author” ends the book with added information about Sir Isaac Newton and Amelia Earhart.