After Zack buys a large, green, weird-looking egg at a flea market, the housekeeper forgets his warning and microwaves it, and it hatches into a very strange reptilian creature--and begins to grow an an amazing rate.
After a class trip to see the Neanderthals, Zach gets locked into the Rosencrantz Museum on the night of the new moon, the one time of the month when the prehistoric people and animals in the exhibits come to life.
When Zack disturbs a mummy case in his neighbor's storage area, he befriends the mummy, Icky--even though he doesn't usually get on with older kids--and the two get into adventures together.