The librarian of the Magic School library, Miss Donovan, is arguing with the Literature Professor, Mr. Monkeyshines, who finds a number of the available books to be politically incorrect. Paige takes the side of Miss Donovan. She picks up a book with the title Crossed, Double-Crossed and Monkeyshines calls it "garbage" but he clearly has not read it, and Paige argues in favor of 1930s-era detective novels. Leo calls Paige away and Monkeyshines, now curious, opens the book and is drawn into it. Leo asks Paige to watch over Wyatt and Chris so he can have some time with Piper. When Paige returns, she and Miss Donovan find Mr. Monkeyshines shot dead. Miss Donovan notes that twenty years earlier, a student had been shot dead by his brother.