'Johnny on the Spot' is a strikingly illustrated science fiction story about a young boy and his love of radio. Set in the early twentieth century, the tale unfolds when Johnny's prized radio fails and the man he asks to fix it ends up transforming it into a time-traveling device able to receive broadcasts one day in the future. Johnny is faced with several moral dilemmas throughout the book and the reader is able to champion his successes as he attempts to do the right thing. ( )