I Need a New Bum!: The New Bum Series is an entertaining book for children to learn valuable lessons about service, friendship, and kindness. It follows the adventures of two kids, Wally and Kellen, and their friend, a Human-shaped Robot known as "Bum". The three friends traverse the world, discovering new places and people, and helping them in any way they can.
Chapter 1: Wally and Kellen meet Bum, who is a Human-shaped Robot. Bum is initially suspicious of them, as he believes he was created to help only one person. After a game of tag, and an exchange of friendship, the three become best friends and begin their adventure.
Chapter 2: Bum helps Wally and Kellen navigate the city as they search for a new Bum-style home. After several wrong turns, the friends finally find a run-down apartment. With the help of Bum's powers, they are able to fix it up and make it their own.
Chapter 3: The trio meets a family of aliens who have been stranded in the city, and Bum uses his powers to help them repair their ship. In gratitude, the aliens present Wally and Kellen with a map of unknown lands and an invitation to join them in exploring the world.
Chapter 4: The friends embark on their journey, where they soon encounter a host of strange creatures, including a walking, talking tree. With the help of Bum, they set up a camp and enjoy a big dinner with the new friends they make.
Chapter 5: The next day, the friends are captured by a gang of villainous robots who are running a giant factory, pumping out toxins. Bum uses his powers to disable the robots, and the trio escapes with two of their new friends, Alacris and Vito.
Chapter 6: Alacris and Vito lead the friends to a mountain-top castle, where a wizard shares with them the secret of the New Bum. It turns out that Bum’s mysterious abilities are tied to his existence as the new, ultimate version of the robot.
Chapter 7: The friends realize that the factory owned by the evil robots is causing permanent damage to the environment, and with the help of their new friends Alacris and Vito and the wizard, they devise a plan to shut it down.
Chapter 8: After a daring mission to disable the robots controlling the factory, the trio is successful in shutting it down. Knowing their duty is done, they set off on a new adventure, feeling like modern-day heroes.
Chapter 9: After a brief return home, the trio heads out to the continent of Skdth-Ur, where they discover an underground city. They learn the city has been completely abandoned due to a deadly virus, and that Bum is the only one who can enter without being affected.
Chapter 10: Bum, Wally, and Kellen use their friendship and courage to cure the virus and reawaken the city. The citizens reward the trio with a grand celebration, and the trio returns home, knowing they have made a true difference in the world.
