Winkler, Henry

"Frightened by a monster movie that gives him nightmares in the days leading up to Halloween, little Hank is reassured by claims that zombies are not real until the people around him begin acting strangely"--OCLC.

When Billy Broccoli discovers that his friend Hoover Porterhouse's brain has turned to mashed potatoes during a trip to the museum, he must help Hoover find the words he needs to make a friend.

As he is preparing to attend middle school, Hank, who has learning differences and academic difficulties, gets an unexpected opportunity to audition for a performing arts school where his creativity and humor will be appreciated and nurtured.

With Moorepark Middle School's annual Speak Out Challenge approaching, Billy Broccoli plans to demonstrate mind reading with the help of his ghost friend Hoover Porterhouse, but when Billy starts spending more time with his new teammates than with Hoover, he may lose his secret weapon.

Buddy Burger escapes his home planet, lands in Hollywood, and is cast in a new television series, but must pretend his six eyes and suction-cup feet are the costume and his human skin, real.

For Hank, fourth grade does not start out on the right foot. First of all, he gets called to the principal's office on the very first day of school. Then the first assignment his teacher gives him is to write five paragraphs on "What You Did This Summer." Hank is terrified-writing one good sentence is hard for him, so how in the world is he going to write five whole paragraphs? Hank comes up with a plan: instead of writing what he did on vacation, he'll show what he did. But when Hank's "living essay" becomes a living disaster, he finds himself in detention. Strangely enough, however, detention ends up becoming a turning point in his life.

When the principal has to be away from school at a conference, Hank's class agrees to take care of the principal's special pet frog, and Hank is chosen to take the frog home for the weekend.

Hank's sister Emily wants Ralph's Reptile Show to perform at her birthday party more than anything, but Ralph is booked solid, so Hank decides to disguise himself as a magician called The Westside Wizard and pull a snake from thin air, but when Hank's true identity is revealed during his performance, his good deed might just turn into a huge disaster.

Rescuing a Dachshund from an animal shelter after convincing his skeptical father to get the family a dog, Hank struggles to prove his trustworthiness after his new canine friend gets loose at the park.

When Billy Broccoli discovers that his friend Hoover Porterhouse's brain has turned to mashed potatoes during a trip to the museum, he must help Hoover find the words he needs to make a friend.