New Releases by Dan Gutman

The Spanish teacher, Miss Holly, is hanging mistletoe everywhere! That means boys will have to kiss girls. And girls will have to kiss boys. Ugh!

Mr. Docker must be a mad scientist. He does nutty experiments and has an evil, demented, cackling laugh. Plus he invented a car that runs on potatoes! Mr. Docker is the weirdest science teacher ever! Is he trying to take over the world?

Best friends Ouchie and Squishy, who love bowling and horror movies respectively, meet the eccentric owner of a local bowling alley and try to help him save Bowl-A-Rama from the wrecking ball and a destructive psychotic lunatic.

The school nurse, Mrs. Cooney, is drop-dead gorgeous--and may be hiding a secret identity. How are A.J. and his friends supposed to learn anything with these insane adults around their school? Illustrations.

Jackie and Me

A.J. and the other second graders do everything except play sports when they go to "fizz ed" class with their new teacher, Miss Small.

Ms. LaGrange talks funny, and she''s from some other country called France. She thinks the vomitorium is a fancy restaurant. Plus she''s writing secret messages in the mashed potatoes. Ms. LaGrange is the weirdest lunch lady in the history of the world.

Miss Daisy, who teaches second grade, is the dumbest teacher in the history of the world.

Principal Klutz hung upside down from the flagpole! He kissed a pig on the lips and painted his bald head orange! Now he wants to bungee jump off the roof of the school dressed as Santa Claus

Never before has school been this mixed up—or this much fun! Miss Daisy, who teaches second grade, doesn''t know how to add or subtract. Not only that, she doesn''t know how to read or write, either. She is the dumbest teacher in the history of the world!

When Joe Stoshack''s dad ends up in the hospital after a car accident, he has two words to say to his son: Mickey Mantle. For Stosh has a special power -- with a baseball card in hand, he can travel back in time. And his dad has a rare card -- Mantle''s valuable 1951 rookie card. "I''ve been thinking about it for a long time. Go back to 1951. You''re the only one who can do it," Dad whispers. That night Stosh grips the card and prepares for another magical adventure. But when he opens his eyes, he''s not in Yankee Stadium -- he''s in Milwaukee on June 8, 1944. And how he wound up there is not half as surprising as what he finds!

Baseball Card Adventure series.

After accidentally sucking Benjamin Franklin into twenty-first-century New Jersey with his Anytime Anywhere machine, thirteen-year-old Qwerty Stevens and his best friend almost wind up stuck in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776 when they try to send him back.

Every American Wrestling Federation fan knows that, the evil Dr. Demented is the nastiest and most violent pro wrestler around, the man everyone loves to hate. He''s always insulting the audience, inflicting pain on the good guys, and yelling his notorious catchphrase. And he always wins, one way or another. So when fourteen-year-old Wesley Brown accidentally discovers the secret identity of Dr. Demented, he freaks out. Now that he recognizes the man behind the mask, Wesley figures he''s dead meat...or worse. Wesley knows pro wrestling is just a big show, but he also knows that a monster like Dr. Demented can''t be a nice, normal guy out of the ring...can he?

Whisper Nelson hates sports&mdashall sports&mdashwith a passion! So when by a fluke she wins a chance to kick a goal past a professional soccer star for a million-dollar prize, she is torn. Should she try it and risk humiliation, or just forget the whole thing and save what dignity she has left? But the Million Dollar Kick might be Whisper''s big chance not only to win a million dollars, but to regain confidence in herself.

Thirteen-year-old Robert "Qwerty" Stevens uses the time machine he finds in his back yard to visit Thomas Edison''s workshop in 1879, and there helps develop the electric light bulb, but then needs his sister''s help to return to his own time.

Like every other kid in his class, Joe Stoscack has to write a report on an African American who''s made an important contribution to society. Unlike every other kid in his class, Joe has a special talent: with the help of old baseball cards, he can travel through time. So for his report, Joe decides to go back to meet one of the greatest baseball players ever, Jackie Robinson, to find out what it was like to be the man who broke baseball''s color barrier. Joe plans on writing a prize-winning report. But he doesn''t plan on a trip that will for a short time change the color of his skin--and forever change his view of history and his definition of courage.Joe Stoshack has really done it this time. When a pitcher insults his Polish heritage, Joe flings his bat and prompts an on-field brawl that ends in a two-team pileup. he''s suspended from Little League...indefinitely. At school, his teacher assigns an oral report for Black History Month. The topic? An African-American who has made a significant contribution to American society. The prize for the best report is four tickets to a cool local amusement park. But Joe doesn''t know where to begin. If he could just get his hands on a certain Jackie Robinson baseball card...

Katy and Amos, an Amish brother and sister, live the saying that it''s better to give than to receive, bringing them both much happiness.

Eleven-year-old Eddie gets a chance to win a million dollars by sinking a foul shot at the National Basketball Association finals.