Breaking the fourth wall, Noodle and her brother Goofball are determined to rebel against the way books sneak in a moral. They vow to make sure their story contains 100% shenanigans, with no moral—but their boring dad keeps interrupting from stage left with unwelcome words of parenting wisdom. When it seems blobfish pillow fights and ostrich-in-a-dinosaur-costume antics are poised to win the day, one unexpected moral sneaks its way into the book.