Before they set sail for the Great Plastic Garbage Patch in Plastic Plankton, get to know the quirky, lovable misfits of the Pedro the Water Dog series in this fast-fiction prequel.

In Sicily: Hop and Zara are anchored off the coast of Mount Etna, programming a robotic sailboat named Sabine to run their "ménage à trois" at sea.

In California: Spit uses hip-hop, bacon, and a "borrowed" vintage snowboard to pull his best friend, Moore, out of a dark spiral of grief.

The Adventure: Follow them from the shores of the Ionian Sea to the unexpected dry-slope snowboarding hills of Monterrey, Mexico.

Hip-Hop Hope Slope is a charming, fast-paced tale of friendship, technology, and the first steps toward saving the planet.