When Katie and Suzanne learn that their favorite band, the Bayside Boys, will perform in Cherrydale, they think their biggest problem is how to get tickets, but Katie magically turns into one of the Boys and causes the band to break up.
"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Hades, Lord of the Dead. You probably have heard that I set out to destroy that muscles man. Hercules, and take over Olympus! But it's not true. The truth is, I helped Hercules. Really, I did!".
Seventeen-year-old Sarah is sharing the last twenty-four hours with her boyfriend, Tim before leaves for basic training. Sarah is scared and proud and already anticipating the loneliness. How will she amke it thorugh this time without hem?.
Third-grader Katie Carew gains insight into the thinking of the class bully when she is magically transformed into a hamster-- an animal the bully fears.
In two separate stories, George's class play and surprise visit with Kevin, his best friend from Cherrydale, are both marred by the magic burps, in chapter-book format.
Jack and his friend Elizabeth try to find the thief responsible for stealing a giant sharks tooth fossil that Jack has been accuse of stealing and he must use his ability to talk to animals.
Katie's teacher, Mrs. Derkman, hopes to win the Teacher of the Year contest, but her chances do not look good when Katie turns into her teacher and cannot keep a class full of out-of-control third- graders in line.