McMullan, Kate

When a wizard's spell goes awry and turns Wiglaf and his friends, Angus and Eric, into dragons, they spend a few days at Dragon Slackers Academy--a school for dragons with bad attitudes.

"When the ice is full of cuts and ruts, only one machine has the guts to clean it up. But can this slow-movin' ice fixer smooth the grooves before the next period? Or will he lose his cool? The timer's ticking!"--Dust jacket.

Ron Faster and the students and employees of Harvey N. Trouble Elementary have a variety of adventures, including a bus getting stuck in a ditch, janitors quitting, an exploding volcano project, and more.

When Fluffy the class guinea pig goes home with Wade for the weekend, Wade loses a tooth and Fluffy learns about the Tooth Fairy.

A troll has taken over the bridge Jack has to cross to deliver his present to the party. Armed only with the toys in the back of his truck, he decided to put up a fight.

Wiglaf faces the double embarrassment of having his wacky parents visit Dragon Slayers' Academy on Parents Day and starring in the school play as the brave but small knight, Sir Tinybottom.

In 1856, a cholera outbreak forces nine-year-old Meg Wells to leave her family and comfortable life in St. Louis to live with relatives in frontier Kansas.

Meg records in her diary the events from July to November of 1856, when her family is reunited and must face challenges from fires to pro-slavery border ruffians who are trying to take over Kansas Territory.

A big city garbage truck makes its rounds, consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with zucchini.