"When a college graduate with a history of hapless jobs (ice cream scooper; gift wrapper; laziest ever part-time clerk at the Pet Library) reads Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island, she is dumbstruck by the timid design of her life. ... Convinced that Stevenson's book is cosmically intended for her, she redesigns her life according to its core values: boldness, resolution, independence, and horn-blowing. Accompanied by her mother, her sister,...

Batmunk: Simon (in the most heroic role of his long, brainy career) plays the caped crime fighter to Alvin's hilariously villainous Jokester, an arch criminal whose cult of crooked clowns has been stealing all the toys in the city. When the thieves go after the greatest toy in the world, Batmunk decides to teach the bad guys that crime doesn't play! Treasure Island: With the television out of commission Dave distracts the chipmunks with the book...