schools

Alternates interrelated stories about three characters, including a Chinese American trying to participate in popular culture; a Chinese folk hero attempting to be worshipped as a god; and a teenager who is so ashamed by his Chinese cousin's behavior that he changes schools.

"Higashikata and Shijima vow to abandon their comedy dreams if they fail to win the High School Comedy Battle, but the competition is not what they prepared for. With just 30 minutes to spare, will they be able to write an entirely new sketch worthy of first place? Or is this the end for the talented duo?"--Back cover.

"The preliminary round of the Wara-1 Koshien has begun! Azemichi and Taiyo have put their hearts and souls into preparing for the competition, but if they're going to make it to Osaka, that holy land of comedy, first they're going to have to defeat the skilled comedy duo Sprechchor and a mysterious new opponent called Kirameki Confections, aka 'the Stage Crushers.' Will they be able to outdo these competitors and seize their ticket to the finals?"--Back cover.

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.

Harry Potter, a second-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school with the opening of the Chamber of Secrets.

"Why didn't a school janitor get hurt when he fell off a 20-foot ladder? At the school cafeteria, if pie costs $3 and chocolate costs $9, how much do chips cost? Learn the answers to these and many other zany school riddles that readers can use to stump their friends and keep them asking for more!"--.

Vinney is frustrated about being one of the smallest children at school, but when he takes his mother's advice and thinks big for a day, he discovers that there are advantages to being small.

A girl loves her teacher and loves going to school so much that at home she plays teacher to her pets.