Lubar, David

While playing tag in the library, Logan literally runs into Professor Wordsworth, who gives Logan a face full of magic dust that makes him speak in puns. To lift the curse, Logan has three days to find seven oxymorons, seven anagrams and seven palindromes.

Eighth grader Mercer, whose passion is the fantasy role-playing game Wizards of the Warrior World, hopes to use a fund raiser to bring a gaming convention to his middle school, but instead he attracts four genuine wizards who are trapped on Earth and want his help in returning to their own world.

Thirty-five creepy stories about pigeons, ancient predators, Girl Scouts, and other terrifying things. Includes author's notes on how he got his ideas for these stories.

A collection of thirty-five stories featuring such horrors as a monstrous Halloween costume, a midnight visit to a graveyard, and a hearing-impaired genie.

Eighth-grade twins Taylor and Ryan are complete opposites and seem to have nothing in common, until they find a set of mysterious disks that magically allow them to transform into legendary figures from the past.

Ed, his friends, and even his little sister are eager to go to Dinosaur Discovery, but ever since he found the magic coin called Silver Center, strange things happen around Ed--so he is not surprised to find that a blue dinosaur has followed his sister home.

When ordinary third-grader Ed finds a coin with the words "strange" and "stranger" on both sides, weird things start happening around him--but when his friends start blaming him for all the weirdness Ed wonders if this coin is not too strange for comfort.

Ever since Ed found the magic coin called Silver Center, strange things keep happening around him, but maybe if he finds the right words he can use the magic to raise money for the soccer team.

Depicts the adventures and misadventures of Nathan Abercrombie, a zombie, and his friends Mookie and Abigail. After Nathan develops a strong, awful-smelling odor, he and his friends try to solve the mystery of the horrible smell. Includes writing and research activities for readers and provides discussion questions.

Half-dead zombie spy Nathan is assigned to investigate the green goop that is oozing from every faucet in town. Nathan isn't sure that he's ready for his mission and things get more complicated when his mother make a doctor's appointment for him. The doctor is bound to discover that Nathan is dead.