Strasser, Todd

A collection of seven stories about scary things that happen during the night.

Collects seven scary short stories about various topics, including a phantom text messenger, a skeleton searching for his missing foot, and ghostly hitchhikers.

Jess lets her guilty feelings about Gary Pilot's drowning drive a wedge between her and Reed, leaving the door open for Paula who will do anything to get Reed back.

Wordsworth the talking beagle may have to let his owners know he can talk. They are broke and he is the only one who can help them earn enough money to pay the bills.

Dee Dee tries to play cupid for Razel and Roy by having Wordsworth the talking dog pretend he's Roy, but her plan backfires.

Dee Dee and her talking dog Wordsworth get involved in an adventure when Adam Pickney, who is obsessed with exposing Wordsworth's remarkable ability, captures the dog speaking on video tape and plans to sell it to a television show.

Ever since he went up against the locals and broke into the lineup, Kai has had his own crew. Spazzy is a summer kid with a lot of fancy gear. On the board he's good despite everything going against him. Spazz wants to be in the local competition, but he can't do it without Kai. Kai kinows there's no way Spazzy can win against Lucas, the local hero. But Kai would never let a brah down.

Overweight high school senior Bo decides to change her image while working on the school play with a former star football player who is also struggling to find a new identity for himself.

Eleven-year-old Jesse tries to find a way to free his new friend, a 7,000-pound killer whale named Willy, from a miserable existence as the star attraction at an amusement park.