David Lubar
21) Numbed!
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When a robot at the math museum zaps their math skills, sixth-grader Logan and his mischievous friend, Benedict, must pass a series of math challenges to retrieve their knowledge.
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Following a difficult freshman year, Scott Hudson is hoping that sophomore year will be easier, but after a disaster of a first week he finds himself faced with new challenges--including a particularly demanding English teacher, a school board member whose budget cutting is covering up a crime, and the discovery that his friendship with Lee, the Goth girl he met last year, is turning into something else entirely.
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"The appearance of a mysterious new girl in school stops her classmates cold. Black Friday shopping gets out of control for a mother and daughter. And stands full of screaming and shouting Bleacher Weenies are about to make the ultimate sacrifice"--Provided by publisher.
24) Flip
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Twins and complete opposites, eighth-graders Ryan and Taylor discover magical disks that allow them to become any character from the past, and they discover the challenges of being heroes while learning a valuable lesson.
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A collection of offbeat and fantastical tales finds a family Thanksgiving meal interrupted by vengeful turkeys, a princess meeting a pea-brained suitor, and a battle between two weenies erupting in flames.
Bizarre tales of a teenager going to the school dance with a robot, a Thanksgiving dinner interrupted by turkeys looking for revenge, and other strange short stories.
26) Dead guy spy
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When fifth-grader Nathan Abercrombie, a half-dead zombie whose body cannot heal itself, is approached by messengers from the Bureau of Useful Misadventures (B.U.M.) and offered the chance for a cure if he will become a spy, he does not realize that B.U.M. is not exactly trustworthy.
27) True talents
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After testing his telekinetic powers and accidentally stealing from a bank, fifteen-year-old Eddie Thalmeyer is kidnapped. Eddie's friends, all with powers of their own, set out to rescue him from a lab where Major Bowdler performs experiments on him.
28) The bully bug
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After Lud Mellon is bitten by a bevy of bizarre bugs, he has fun crawling up walls, drooling on his food, and rolling around in garbage but when his father calls in the exterminators, Lud must figure out how to stop his transformation before it is too late.
29) Hyde and shriek
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Science teacher Ms. Clevis, one of the most popular teachers at Washington Irving Elementary School, splits into mean substitute Ms. Hyde and sweet sixth-grader Jackie after accidentally putting some chemicals into her breakfast smoothie.
30) The big stink
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A mold problem disrupts things at Nathan's school and his class is forced to share a space with first and eighth graders including Rodney the bully's older brother. Meanwhile, Nathan notices that a putrid smell is following him around and tries to discover its source.
31) My rotten life
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Tired of continually having his feelings hurt by popular students and bullies, fifth-grader Nathan agrees to try an experimental formula, Hurt-Be-Gone, and becomes a half-dead zombie, a condition which, he soon discovers, has some real advantages.
32) Goop soup
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Nathan's career as a half-dead zombie spy may be over just as his training has begun when he and friends Abigail and Mookie enter East Craven's sewers to investigate the greasy green goop dripping from every faucet in town.
33) Enter the zombie
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When the head of the Bureau of Useful Misadventures (or BUM) discovers that an evil organization is using the Student Mind and Body competition to recruit agents, he asks Nathan to enter the competition, but things go terribly wrong when Nathan's nemesis starts to notice some odd things about him, and Nathan fears his zombie identity will be exposed.
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For whatever reason, kids at Washington Irving Elementary School are turning into monsters, or being "monsterized" as Sebastian calls it. First his best friend, then his sister, and now Sebastian himself finds he has developed a lot more hair than normal and a propensity to howl at the moon. He can get cured, but it may not take effect before the next full moon.
39) Ghost attack
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When Alex and his cousin Sarah are visiting their grandparents, Alex gets terrible red, itchy hives. Yikes! He's allergic to a ghost! Even worse, the ghost won't leave him alone-- he wants Alex and Sarah's help. Can they solve the ghost's mystery and get rid of Alex's awful rash before it ruins everything?