Ten-year-old Michael sneaks into a cave near the Dead Sea where his father has been working and finds a pair of 2,000-year-old squirrels, which he stows in his backpack and takes home to Tennessee.

Because not everyone has the best intentions for Merle and Pearl, two ancient squirrels from the time of Jesus who wake up in modern-day Tennessee, Michael and his family set up a security system.

Merle and Pearl are still missing! Ruben has them hidden away in Israel, so Michael, Justin, Sadie, Jane, and Mr. and Mrs. Gomez take off on a rescue mission to get them back once and for all. In the meantime, Dusty finds himself trapped in a donkey retirement community alongside a quirky alpaca named Adriana, who just happens to be an expert lock picker! Adriana's skills come in handy when she and Dusty find Merle and Pearl locked in the birdcage...

When it comes to drones and video games, fifth-grader Michael and a 2000-year-old talking squirrel named Merle have very little self-control.

"Merle and Pearl are shocked to find themselves headed back to Israel after being kidnapped by Ruben--and they are not making the trip easy for him. Meanwhile, Michael and his dad are getting ready to follow the kidnapper and rescue the squirrels. Dancing on airplanes, emotional support squirrels, and more crazy antics come together for another side-splittingly funny installment of the Dead Sea Squirrels!"--Page [4] cover.