SIXTH GRADE IS JUST . . . OUT OF THIS WORLD.... Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird. But she doesn't know how weird until she catches him peeling off his face-and she realizes that "Mr. Smith" is really an alien! At first no one will believe her-except Peter Thompson, the class brain. When Peter and Susan discover Mr. Smith's horrible plans for their classmates, they know they have to act fast. Only they can get rid of their extraterrestrial visitor-and save the rest of the sixth grade class from a fate worse than math tests!

My Teacher is an Alien

BRUCE COVILLE

Minstrel/Pocket Books

Adam and his friends are delighted when they discover a crystalline cube-shaped stone that grants the wishes of anyone who holds it, until they realize that a heavy price is attached to every granted wish. Original.

The Wishing Stone (Spooksville, Book 9)

Children's Books

Pike, Christopher

Action & Adventure

Presents accounts of well-known ghosts that haunt the White House, the Tower of London, and several other places.

The WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS GHOST

daniel-cohen

Religion & Spirituality

In this sequel to "Kevin Corbett Eats Flies," Bailey runs for class president hoping that popularity will secure her place in her current foster home.

Heads, I Win

Hermes, Patricia

Tony is not at all thrilled by the prospect of a week's vacation on an isolated farm until he convinces his best friend, a little vampire, to come along.

The Vampire Takes a Trip

Angela Sommer-Bodenburg