When we last left Shackleton Jones, his dad, Amelia Miles, and her mom, they had vanquished a giant anaconda in their flooded park, only to be met with a flurry of “sky blobs” conjured up by a supervillain who recently moved into their neighborhood. Shackleton immediately breaks the fourth wall: “In the last book, Glam-Evil cursed the park…was that enough of a recap?” Shackleton is eager to “REVERSE THE CURSE,” but the parents are less enthused. But they don’t have much choice; the wind is whipping through the park, sky blobs are ruining Mr. Jones’ favorite shirt, and only an ominous cave offers shelter. Exploring the cave’s depths, unfortunately, leads them straight to Glam-Evil. The dastardly villain absconds with the parents, and the kids must sail across a lava lake and navigate a whirlpool to save them. At last, the kids make their way to Glam-Evil’s castle, but the quartet are now trapped—will they save the day? Or will meat-eating cactuses get them first? As in the first book, the illustrations prove slightly muddled. Visual storytelling that incorporates liquid blobs, drippy cave walls, and melted magma can be tough to make sense of without color. Still, the escapades are thrilling, with plenty of metafictional, self-referential fun. The Joneses are pale-skinned, and the Miles family is brown-skinned.