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S DA FOUNTAIN Odyssey archive · est. 2000

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Collection All Series Club Specials Only Years 1987–2026
0789 The Journal of John Avery Whittaker A ten-year-old Scottish immigrant boy fills the journal his stepmother gave him with a year of adventures, hard-won lessons, and the moments that shape who he'll become. 0790 Walk This Way When a broken furnace leaves Connie desperate for cash, her well-meaning friends coach her through the unlikeliest challenge of her life: a beauty pageant. 1 of 2 0791 When One Door Closes Whit and Eugene bring an early Imagination Station to a church in a dangerous Middle Eastern country, where sharing faith can cost everything. 0783 Words from the Wise When Wooton finally meets Penny's family in Pittsburgh, Penny's determination to seem like the "mature" daughter threatens to derail the big question they came to ask. 0784 Cycle of Fear When a surprise gift exposes a long-hidden fear, a mother's bargain with her equally fearful kids turns one family's week into a crash course - sometimes literally - in courage. 0785 No Cause for Concern When a stranger starts digging through her past, an engaged Penny Wise must practice assuming the best about people - even as the trail of clues leads uncomfortably close to home. 0786 The Case of the Ball Cap Hero When a masked robber keeps striking Odyssey's shops only for a mysterious "ball cap hero" to save the day every time, kid detectives Emily and Matthew start wondering why the rescues seem a little too perfect. 2 of 2 0792 When One Door Closes With a pastor kidnapped and a young believer's faith hanging in the balance, Whit and Eugene must trust that God can open doors in a country where every earthly one seems closed. 1 of 2 0787 Between the Lines When a famous author and a too-good-to-be-true contractor both arrive in Odyssey at once, Jason's instincts tell him that not everyone in town is who they claim to be. 2 of 2 0788 Between the Lines A blind date at a glow-in-the-dark golf course goes sideways when Penny recognizes her mystery match, while Jason and Jana dig into the true identity of a famous author who seems to know more about them than she should. 0793 The Good Soil A young doctor arrives in colonial Africa determined to share the words of life, never suspecting how long a single seed can take to grow. 0794 Things Not Seen A brilliant engineering student who trusts only math and proof lands her dream internship at Whit's End - where her first day tests everything she thinks she knows about faith. 1 of 2 0795 The Boat People A boy's family heirloom stirs a haunting recognition in Whit as a new kids' radio show brings to life one family's desperate escape from postwar Vietnam. 2 of 2 0796 The Boat People A radio story about a refugee family's harrowing escape from Vietnam forces Whit to confront a painful chapter of his own past. 0797 A Predicament of Biblical Proportions A new kid in Odyssey with a runaway imagination must decide whether to face his fears when Bring Your Bible to School Day makes him a target. 0798 A Forgiving Heart The grand opening of a new animal clinic in Odyssey is threatened when a bitter stranger from the veterinarian's past arrives, vowing to ruin her reputation just as he claims she once ruined his life. 0801 The Feud of Mason County A weary Whit's quiet fishing getaway takes a wrong turn when getting lost lands him in the middle of a generations-old backwoods feud between two clans warring over a lake. 0799 Where Your Treasure Is A girl who thinks memorizing Bible verses is a waste of time is sent on an interactive treasure hunt where the clues - and the tools to survive them - are Scripture itself. 0802 Parker for President When a school grant puts real power up for grabs, sibling rivals Matthew and Olivia Parker face off in a student election that grows messier than either of them bargained for. 0803 Old Tricks When Eugene lands a shot at his dream teaching job, Buck's eagerness to help pushes him back toward the old skills he was supposed to leave behind. 0804 The Key Suspect When every locker at school is found mysteriously open two mornings in a row with nothing stolen, middle-school detectives Emily Jones and Matthew Parker take on a taunting culprit who seems to be daring them to catch him. 1 of 2 0805 A Very Bassett Wedding With the wedding just two days away, a bride's carefully laid plans start unraveling in ways no coordinator could predict. 0800 Un-Tech the Halls When Mom bans every screen for a day, the Parker family's tech-free Christmas tree hunt turns into an adventure none of their devices could have delivered. 2 of 2 0806 A Very Bassett Wedding With the wedding two days away, a ruined dress, a missing engagement ring, and a sudden medical emergency send Wooton, his suspicious twin brother, and their friends scrambling to save Penny and Wooton's big day.
0437a Sunset Bowlawater When a little girl's beloved goldfish turns up dead, a bumbling detective takes the case - but the fish himself has been telling the story all along. 0437b The Long Way Home Desperate to escape her family's new home for a day of fun, a girl works odd jobs all week to earn her way onto a church youth group trip. 0438a The Lyin' Tale A trip to the dumpster leaves Aubrey with a scratch, a crowd of curious kids, and a story that keeps getting bigger every time she tells it. 0438b The Telltale Cat When Mandy's new cat makes David Straussberg's life miserable, his desperate scheme to get rid of it comes back to haunt him. 0439 B-TV: Grace A free downtown lunch giveaway sparks a B-TV broadcast about grace - God's undeserved favor - told through Scripture, comedy, and the story of a farmer's son who trades his inheritance for Hollywood dreams. 0440 I Slap Floor When two kids ask why Whit is home recovering from Odyssey's strangest week ever, Bernard spins a tale of a mysterious returning visitor and a town where everyone suddenly starts acting like their opposite. 0441a What Do You Think? Desperate to know what people really think of her, a girl uses one of Whit's inventions to hear the private thoughts behind everyone's polite words. 0441b Idol Minds While Whit is away for two weeks, the kids of Odyssey turn to Eugene's technology to fill the void - with results no one anticipates. 0442a Two Roads Two boys from the same neighborhood face the same spilled-candy temptation in a school cafeteria - and Whit follows the very different roads their choices set them on. 0442b Sticks and Stones When a former classmate he once tormented returns to Odyssey as a potential business rival, Bart Rathbone launches a scheme to drive him out of town before old scores can be settled. 0443 Changing Rodney A gifted young student sets out to reform the school bully with relentless kindness - and learns that changing a heart is harder than acing any test. 0444a Career Moves A middle schooler's career-fair internship at the Electric Palace teaches him Bart Rathbone's sales tricks - until a customer's return puts his conscience to the test. 0444b The Bad Guy When a notorious troublemaker from his past arrives in Odyssey claiming to be a changed man, a skeptical Nick Mulligan sets out to prove the transformation is too good to be true. 0445 No Boundaries Tired of his parents' rules, a boy gets the chance to experience a life with no limits at all - and learns what freedom without boundaries really costs. 0446a A Matter of Manners When two boys banished from Whit's End for rudeness reinvent themselves as the school's manners experts, their newfound politeness becomes a weapon nobody can defend against. 0446b The Seven Deadly Dwarves A little girl's mixed-up Sunday school lesson becomes a fairy-tale dream in which Princess Snow DeWhite, misled by a talking mirror, flees her father's hardware-store kingdom and falls in with seven dwarves named for the deadly sins. 0447 Potlucks & Poetry A teenage poet's secret reading collides with a church potluck as three generations of her family scheme to avoid embarrassing - and being embarrassed by - each other. 0448 Mandy's Debut A young playwright's opening night at Whit's End puts two comedies of guilt and neglected chores on stage - with her friends cast as themselves. 1 of 2 0449 The Big Deal When her parents forbid her from taking the theater role of a lifetime, Aubrey travels through the Imagination Station to the wilderness of a fearless prophet, hoping to learn how to stand up to them. 2 of 2 0450 The Big Deal A young girl caught up in the story of an imprisoned prophet risks everything to win his freedom from a king swayed by pleasure and a queen bent on revenge. 0451 Life Trials of the Rich and Famous When Nathaniel suddenly starts avoiding his friends, their curiosity uncovers a secret that changes how everyone sees him. 0452 Missionary: Impossible Inspired by a world-traveling missionary's thrilling stories, Alex signs up for a summer mission trip and launches an increasingly outlandish fundraising campaign to get there. 1 of 2 0453 The Great Wishy Woz After a tornado sweeps her away from Aunt Bea's farm, a heartbroken girl and her dog land in a strange miniature world where the only hope of getting home lies with the mysterious Great Wishy Woz. 2 of 2 0454 The Great Wishy Woz Dotty and her friends finally reach the all-knowing Woz, only to discover that the answers they've been promised - and the way home - may not be what any of them expected. 0455 Best Laid Plans Stormy weather strands a retreat's keynote speaker at a stranger's house, leaving Connie to keep a hundred rival gang members entertained - and at peace - on her own. 0456 Worst Day Ever Mandy's excitement for a perfect evening collides with a day where absolutely everything that can go wrong, does. 0457 Opportunity Knocks When financial trouble at the Timothy Center accidentally goes public over Kids' Radio, a mysterious new company's arrival in Odyssey brings both a tempting opportunity and unsettling questions. 0458 Red Herring A class trip's glimpse of a guarded college laboratory pulls Alex and his cousin Cal into a tangle of forbidden secrets, computer break-ins, and a mysterious stranger who seems a little too eager to help. 0459 Slumber Party Mandy's slumber party turns into a battleground when her two feuding best friends put her in the middle of every argument - and two uninvited guests appear at the window.
0100 Ice Fishing A boy tired of living in his talented little sister's shadow joins an ice fishing trip hoping to finally prove himself by landing the lake's legendary uncatchable fish. 0101 Scattered Seeds When Connie despairs of ever writing stories like Whit's, he walks her back through her chaotic first attempt at directing a play to show her that great stories have been happening to her all along. 0102 The Treasure of Le Monde! When a boarded-up attic room at Whit's End reveals an antique pipe organ hiding a century-old riddle, Robyn and Connie join Whit on the trail of a legendary French nobleman's buried treasure - but greed has a way of trapping the hunters. 0103 Front Page News Desperate to escape gym class forever, a scheming student and his reluctant best friend talk their way onto the school newspaper - only to discover that journalism is harder than running laps. 1 of 2 0104 Lincoln A ride in the Imagination Station drops Jimmy Barclay into 1865 Washington, where a chance meeting with a friendly squirrel hunter pulls him into the final, dangerous weeks of the Civil War. 2 of 2 0105 Lincoln While lost in America's past, a boy from the present finds himself swept from the last days of the Civil War into the company of history's giants - and a stranger whose name he can't quite place. 0106 By Any Other Name When a slick consultant urges Odyssey's shops to reinvent themselves with flashy new names, Whit must convince a young student council hopeful that a fancy label can't change what's underneath. 0107 Bad Luck When a menacing chain letter arrives at Whit's End, skeptical Robyn Jacobs tears it up - only to find herself buried under a suspiciously well-timed avalanche of misfortune. 0108 Isaac the Courageous A boy desperate to shed his reputation as a coward endures a bully's brutal gang initiation, until a winter afternoon forces him to discover what courage really means. 0109 Two Sides to Every Story A couple returns from a rare night out to find a fire truck at their house and two children with wildly different stories about what went wrong. 0110 A... Is For Attitude When a TV self-help guru convinces Connie that attitude beats effort, she spreads her new philosophy all over Odyssey - to a friend with stage fright, a losing basketball team, and a boy terrified of heights. 0111 First Love When Connie falls for the charming star of the Odyssey High baseball team, she discovers that first love can pull her heart in a direction her faith won't follow. 0112 Curious, Isn't It? When two curious kids overhear Mr. Whittaker giving a mysterious woman a ring in the woods, their eavesdropping sets all of Odyssey buzzing with a conclusion nobody bothered to confirm. 0113 Suspicious Minds When money goes missing from the Whit's End cash register, Connie and Eugene launch increasingly ridiculous schemes to catch a thief - and end up suspecting each other. 0114 The Big Broadcast When Tom Riley discovers Whit's End's dusty old radio equipment, he and Whit decide to bring Kids Radio back to life with one big broadcast for the whole town of Odyssey. 0115 An Act of Mercy When a farmer's kindness toward a young apple thief goes unappreciated, he finds a more hands-on way to teach the boy about mercy. 0116 Isaac the Benevolent When Isaac Morton memorizes the Golden Rule but can't figure out how to actually live it, his well-meaning attempts to help the people of Odyssey keep backfiring in ways he never expected. 0117 The Trouble with Girls When a classmate's love notes start piling up in his desk, Jimmy discovers that every clever scheme for discouraging a crush only makes things worse. 0118 What Happened to the Silver Streak? When a prized model train engine vanishes from Whit's End, an amateur investigation puts a girl with a troubled past under suspicion - but the truth is harder to find than anyone expects. 0119 Better Late than Never A girl notorious for being late to everything gets one unforgettable night to discover just how much her habit could cost her. 0120 Pranks for the Memories Odyssey's self-proclaimed prank master is so sure no one can fool him that a simple act of kindness sends him spiraling into an elaborate counterattack of his own making. 0121 Missing Person When the town bully vanishes on the morning of the state fair, the search for him uncovers more than one secret - and puts his least likely rescuer on the trail. 1 of 2 0122 Castles and Cauldrons A summer visit from Jimmy's cousin Len turns unsettling when the "game" packed in his suitcase demands secrecy, incantations, and total trust. 2 of 2 0123 Castles and Cauldrons When Jimmy's out-of-town cousin introduces him to a fantasy role-playing game that demands ever-deeper commitment, the line between make-believe and something far darker begins to blur. 0124 The Winning Edge When a win-at-all-costs new coach takes over a girls' softball team, his hunger for a championship pushes two young friends on rival teams toward a collision neither of them wants. 0125 All's Well with Boswell Robyn's first babysitting job takes an unexpected turn when her charge turns out to be a giant, spoiled cat with a talent for chaos. 0126 Wishful Thinking When her little brother's constant pestering pushes her past her limit, a teenage girl makes a careless wish that shows her exactly what life would be like without him. 0127 Have You No Selpurcs? When a quiz at Whit's End exposes very different ideas about honesty, Mr. Whittaker invents a mysterious game called Selpurcs to teach two kids a lesson neither of them sees coming. 0128 One Bad Apple When several Odyssey children fall ill after eating at Whit's End, Whit and Tom Riley trace the trouble upstream to a source no one in town would ever have suspected. 0129 Not One of Us A young reporter's assignment on bigotry takes an unexpected turn when her search for people who've experienced discrimination leads her to a strange little town off the interstate. 1 of 2 0130 Bernard and Joseph While washing windows at Whit's End, Bernard Walton helps a boy fed up with his six siblings by recounting the story of Joseph, whose troubles with his own brothers make any family squabble look small. 2 of 2 0131 Bernard and Joseph While washing windows, Bernard is roped into finishing the story of Joseph for young Artie Powell - picking up in an Egyptian prison, where a pair of troubling dreams sets Joseph's fate, and his family's, on an extraordinary new course. 0132 Thanksgiving at Home When the flu strikes on Thanksgiving morning, two kids decide they can cook the family feast themselves - how hard can one turkey be? 0133 Cousin Albert A middle-school reporter's puff piece on her basketball-star cousin unravels when she stumbles onto the secret he's built his whole future around hiding. 0134 Pamela Has a Problem When Connie's out-of-town friend arrives in Odyssey carrying a secret she can't bring herself to tell anyone, Connie and Whit must help her face the hardest decision of her young life. 1 of 3 0135 Back to Bethlehem While posing for a nativity display at Whit's End, Connie and Eugene are sent by the Imagination Station to first-century Bethlehem, where their debate over what Christmas was really like collides with a crowded inn, a mysterious star, and restless Roman soldiers. 2 of 3 0136 Back to Bethlehem While the census crowds Bethlehem to bursting, two time-displaced visitors find themselves swept into the very night they only ever knew from nativity scenes. 3 of 3 0137 Back to Bethlehem Trapped in first-century Bethlehem on the night of the nativity, Connie and Eugene must untangle two unwanted marriage proposals, a hot-headed young zealot, and the suspicions of a Roman general before they can witness the moment they came to see. 0138 The Adventure of the Adventure At Whit's End, an inventor's dream of making stories come to life sends kids into the greatest adventures imaginable - with plenty of mishaps, surprises, and laughter along the way.