Lubar, David

Chad, hoping to work out his frustrations and his anger by taking a summer job as a dunk tank Bozo on the boardwalk at the New Jersey shore, comes to a better understanding of himself and the uses of humor as he undergoes training in the fine art of insults.

A group of psychic friends from Edgeview Alternative School unite to rescue Eddie "Trash" Thalmeyer who has been kidnapped by a shady character after testing his telekinetic abilities in a bank by moving a stack of cash into his pocket.

Logan and his friend Benedict are playing tag in the library. Logan gets caught when he runs into a mysterious man. When Logan doesn't apologize sincerely, the mysterious gentleman punishes him by causing him to speak in puns. Only finding seven examples each of oxymorons, anagrams and palindromes within the time limits will return Logan to normal.

Ed and his friends accidentally sign up for a playwriting contest, a dangerous activity for someone who possesses the Silver Center, and what they write is pretty strange, but when it comes to actually performing the play, Ed's magic coin lends new meaning to the words "stage fright.".

A selection of twelve stories about aliens, a community pool filled with bullies, a surprising start to the Fourth of July fireworks, and other peculiar things, with comic-book style illustrations.

"Just when Alex is getting close to the kickball home-run record at school, he starts getting sneezing fits, completely messing up his game. He's allergic to a vampire! And the vampire won't leave. Can Alex and his cousin Sarah stop his horrible sneezes before they wreck recess--permanently?--Back cover.

Thirty-three stories about stranded aliens, a horrifying cheesemaker, a boy with the power to make stars vanish, and other frightening things. Includes notes on how the author got his ideas for these stories.

Contains thirty stories, including ones about kids becoming cartoons, bullies suffering from bat hair, and weenies in a library. Includes notes on how the author got his ideas for these stories.

Thirty-three stories about stranded aliens, a horrifying cheesemaker, a boy with the power to make stars vanish, and more, including notes from the author on how he got his ideas for the stories.

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.