A.J. and his friends are afraid that Ms.Todd, their substitute teacher, has killed their regular teacher and is trying to take over her job.

When peanut butter and jelly sandwiches start disappearing from the vomitorium, the security guard of Ella Mentry School, Officer Spence, starts behaving strangely and arresting everybody he sees.

Things get a little crazy at Ella Mentry School during a visit from Miss Suki Kabuki, a famous children's book author who lives in a rain forest and writes about endangered animals, when her pet falcon, Rappy, gets loose in the classroom.

With the help of his grandfather, underachieving fifth-grader Hank Zipzer finally discovers that he is good at ping-pong, but he is afraid to tell his classmates for fear of being ridiculed.

In this story told primarily through letters, Principal Russ wants the middle school trees to be trimmed before his administrative evaluation, but the project is interrupted by a town gender war, dueling chefs, student tree protests, and a surprise wedding.

Cara loves taking care of the dragons in her father's stable even though she has been forbidden to ride since the accident that caused her mother's death, but rather than just watch as all her friends begin preparing their dragons for the Island Championships, she decides to train the wild dragon Skydancer in secret.

High school sophomore Nora has always been very cautious in her relationships, but when Patch, who has a dark side she can sense, enrolls at her school, she is mysteriously and strongly drawn to him, despite warnings from her best friend, the school counselor, and her own instincts.

Emily uses the journaling flashcards her aunt gave her as a birthday gift to help her sort out her friendships, attitudes, and family oddities.

Willie, his best friend Elizabeth, and his possibly imaginary friend Dodger, a blue chimpanzee, set out to save a magical forest from ruthless developers and rescue Willie's sister Amy who has been kidnapped by leprechauns.

A girl sends off for "Professor Swami's Super Slime" to use as her science fair project and then has to cope with the funny disaster that follows.