Henry Reed has arrived in Grover's Corner - and the town will never be the same. While spending the summer with his aunt and uncle, Henry comes up with a sure-fire money-making project: Henry Reed, Inc., Research. Henry's neighbor, Midge Glass, has an even more sure-fire hit: Reed and Glass, Inc. Now with Henry's ingenious mind and Midge's practical reasoning, Reed and Glass Inc. turns into a huge success - while creating more bewildering and outrageous schemes than the townfold could have imagined.