Bruce Coville

A timid boy, eager to frighten the school bully on Halloween night, acquires a magic ring and the power to change himself into a hideous monster.

Charlie, a sixth-grader with a compulsion to tell lies, acquires a mysterious skull that forces its owner to tell only the truth, causing some awkward moments before he understands its power.

"Coville weaves traditional unicorn myths into this light, accessible fantasy and provides a neatly contrived ending that hints at the next adventure."

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...

Having jumped into Luster, the land of unicorns, Cara makes a perilous journey to bring back her grandmother, The Wanderer, in order to release the Queen of the unicorns and allow her to die.

In a story presented through diary entries and creative documents, Angus the magical brownie inherits a particularly messy human to look after and resolves to break the curse that binds them together.

When Edward accompanies Moongobble into the Forest of Night to prove he is a magician of merit by obtaining the tears of a werewolf, he does not know what big surprises are in store for them.

"A hardcover release of a fantastical adventure by the best-selling author of My Teacher Is an Alien follows the adventures of a young boy who investigates mysterious noises in the hidden passages of the castle he calls his home."

Moongobble has completed his three mighty tasks. But just when Edward begins to fear that their adventures might be over, an annoying little monster called Snelly comes bounding into their lives. And as if Snelly wasn't trouble enough, Moongobble's magic has gone wrong again, causing his faithful toad, Urk, to undergo a very embarrassing change. Soon Moongobble, Edward, Urk, and Fireball the Dragon begin a fearful journey to return Snelly to her

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Moongobble must complete one last Mighty Task before he is accepted into the Society of Magicians. But this one is a doozy: he must retrieve "The Queen's Belly Button"-an enchanted stone that has turned an entire elf village bad! Soon Edward and Moongobble-along with Urk the Toad, Fireball the Dragon, and the Rusty Knight-are off on their greatest adventure yet. Can they regain the stone without turning evil themselves? This fun-filled tale of magic...