Knudsen, Michelle

"On a street of old houses, a big hairy spider is searching for a home with dark corners to hide in. But when he wakes up, he finds a hand reaching for him and a lady proclaiming that she has always wanted a kitten?and will name him Luigi! At first, a somewhat puzzled Luigi, used to being left alone to creep and dangle and spin webs, resists her kind advances. But soon, tasty breakfasts and getting tucked into bed (no one?s ever wished him good night before) have him thinking that kittens surely live magical lives. I will be a kitten! he decides. But how long can he keep up his facade, and what might be at stake in pretending to be someone you?re not?" --PenguinRandomhouse.com.

All of Marilyn's friends have monsters and she wants one also, but despite her efforts to be the kind of girl no monster could resist one doesn't come so she goes looking for him on her own.

Last fall, Cynthia Rothschild saved her best friend, Annie, (and everyone else in her high school) from the demon librarian, Mr. Gabriel. But now all that demon stuff is over, and Cyn is ready to have the best summer ever.

"After sending the evil librarian, Mr. Gabriel, back to the demon world once and for all at theater camp last summer, Cynthia is ready to enjoy a completely demon-free senior year of high school, especially once she learns the fall musical will be Les Mis?rables. She can't wait to create the most incredible barricade set design in all of high-school theater. And her boyfriend, Ryan, is sure to land his dream role of Javert. But down in the demon realm, an epic mishandling of Mr. Gabriel's essence leads to his escape--and soon he's gathering strength, bent once again on revenge against Cyn and everyone she loves"--OCLC.

Introduces young readers to the life of the pioneering investigative reporter, [Nellie Bly,] her record-breaking trip around the world, and her undercover work on behalf of the mentally ill.

Cynthia Rothschild has discovered that the new, very goodlooking librarian is a demon and it is up to her to save her best friend Anne, who has become a librarian monitor, and the rest of the school from the evil Mr. Gabriel.

"After sending the evil librarian, Mr. Gabriel, back to the demon world once and for all at theater camp last summer, Cynthia is ready to enjoy a completely demon-free senior year of high school, especially once she learns the fall musical will be Les Mis?rables. She can't wait to create the most incredible barricade set design in all of high-school theater. And her boyfriend, Ryan, is sure to land his dream role of Javert. But down in the demon realm, an epic mishandling of Mr. Gabriel's essence leads to his escape--and soon he's gathering strength, bent once again on revenge against Cyn and everyone she loves"--OCLC.

An introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of chameleons.

When Dan accidentally brings an earthworm to school, he gets a homework assignment that helps him solve a nagging problem--what to give his mother for her birthday.

When messy Wayne goes away to camp, his younger brother Jeff throws out some old food containers that he finds in their room, but then he learns that Wayne is working on a science project about mold, and he must try to recreate the experiment before Wayne gets home.