Jackpot

When a warm March day beckons Aldo and his best friend, Jack, outdoors to their fort under the giant pine tree, stick-in-the-mud Aldo gets, well, stuck in the mud. As they dig Aldo's sneakers out from the embankment, they unearth a humungous bone, which rock-hound Jack believes to be a dinosaur fossil from the Jurassic period.<br><br>Their hilarious quest to figure out the bone's origin and value takes them to the nearby university, the local pawn shop, the famous dino dig site a few hours away, and finally, over spring break, to Dinosaur National Monument.<br><br>Meanwhile, Aldo discovers the Indiana Jones movies, writes a book report on <i>Journey to the Center of the Earth</i>, starts in on a jumbo jawbreaker, and tolerates Bee, whose newfound passion for journalism could make or break him.<br><br>This tenth installment in an A-to-Z alphabet series also includes a glossary of fun and challenging &quot;J words,&quot; such as juju, jocular and jinx.