When a bickering Chinese boy and his sister discover bedtime storybooks in their home are disappearing, they're forced to confront a mean, old junkyard owner, or no one in their school will hear a bedtime story ever again.

SYNOPSIS:

No one remembers the last night their parents read them a bedtime story. Sadly, it just happens. However, one day, bickering siblings, WEI GAO (10) and his sister, HUAN (8), and a few of their classmates, discover a some of their classic story books have inexplicably disappeared. To make matters worse, Wei discovers several more of his favorite bedtime books disappear the next night too! They think it's happening only to them.

However, each day, more classmates appear cranky and tired, and some stayed awake half the night after being denied bedtime stories. Their teacher, MRS. XU (35), sees failing creative essays from her entire class. This is a disaster. Walking the one block home from school, the siblings pass the Old Ancient Secondhand Antique Emporium and Junkyard on Last Street, owned by a village elder, LI JUN (60s), and see many items that remind them of their missing books. They investigate, only to be caught by Mr. Li Jun, and hauled off in a police car. Their parents will have to be told.

This means war! Third grade is a madhouse with so many students lacking sleep from being denied bedtime stories and books. The siblings are hit with boyfriend- and girlfriend-issues they didn't know they had with friends, WANG YONG (8) and ZHANG LI (10). On Friday, the day of tests, a costume parade, and a class picnic, the siblings take matters into their own hands.

Wei leads his sister and their classmates in the costume parade, not to the playground as designed, but to storm old man Li Jun's place in an epic battle to rescue their precious bedtime storybooks. The kids, dressed like superheroes and heroes of every type, are armed with toy Dao, Qiang, Jian, lightsabers, pirate swords, and every manner of childhood weaponry. However, the weapons are useless battling the junk. The tide changes when Wei and Huan remove the sword in the stone by pulling together. They storm the house with a final charge to save their stories, as Mr. Li Jun, surprisingly, cheers them on! They recover their bedtime story books and more, and Mr. Li Jun rewards Wei and Huan with brass keys: the "Keys to Every Story" with a Beginning, a Middle, and an End.

However, the adventure of a lifetime remains in store for Wei and Huan, who claim their story needs a true "End" to their story because the children have many unanswered questions. With their best friends, Wang Yong and Zhang Li, the siblings return to Mr. Li Jun's junkyard and creepy old house that night to face their darkest fears, answer gnawing questions, and successfully end their story. All kids have unanswered questions. That's okay! That night, every child around the world hears a fabulous bedtime story from their parents.

THE LAST NIGHTTIME STORY (SET IN CHINA)