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The wizard has big summer plans: to garden, to fish, and to nap. The only thing better would be if he had someone nice to share the days with. But the only people who show up want him to rescue yet another princess, lift the usual vile curse, confront a fearsome ghost, deal with a pack of magical hooligans, harvest a crop of golden cucumbers, and on and on. . . . A wizard's work is never done!

Velde's fantastical adventure in medieval France tells the story of a girl and her cat who disappear back in time to retrieve a lost watch.

A spell that gets you land, money, long golden hair, or a date to the prom can't be a curse, can it? A curse just gets you dead. Or does it?. . . In these ten stunning short stories, boys and girls learn firsthand just what magic spells, enchantments, and curses really can do. "Give this one to readers who are ready for some sophisticated tales of the supernatural." -Booklist

Presenting a twisted take on familiar fairy tales such as Red Riding Hood, Rumplestiltskin, and Hansel and Gretel--these fractured fairy tales are both humorous and unique, from their creative beginnings to their surprise endings.

When Selwyn is accused of murdering his rival, Farold, he is sealed in the village burial cave with Farold's moldering corpse to await starvation—or worse. Worse comes along quickly in the form of a witch who raises Farold from the dead. Selwyn thought he disliked Farold when he was alive, but that was nothing compared to working by the dead man's side as they search for the real killer.

Squirrel hates to miss a party-whether or not he's been invited. So one cold day he decides to visit Cuddles the dog inside his house. He slides down the special squirrel entrance into a pile of cut-up tree branches (how thoughtful the humans are!), takes some of the food they've clearly made for him, and buries it in the pots of dirt they've left out. What a warm welcome! But when Cuddles catches sight of him and mayhem erupts, the smallest o...

In the virtual reality game Heir Apparent, there are way too many ways to get killed--and Giannine seems to be finding them all. Which is a darn shame, because unless she can get the magic ring, locate the stolen treasure, answer the dwarf's dumb riddles, impress the head-chopping statue, charm the army of ghosts, fend off the barbarians, and defeat the man-eating dragon, she'll never win. And she has to, because losing means she'll die--for r...

Wendy isn't as blind as a bat--there are bats that can see better than she can. Which is why, when her new glasses break, she's all too happy to wear the dorky pair of sunglasses she finds on the lawn. They seem to match her prescription, and that's all that matters if she's going to be able to make it through her school day.But the glasses correct her vision too much. She begins to see things that no one else can see: cheerful corpses, fright...

It's the most advanced computer role-playing game ever: When you play you're really there—in a dark dream teeming with evil creatures, danger-filled fortresses, and malevolent sorceries. The game plugs directly into your brain--no keyboard, no modem, no monitor. And for game hacker Arvin Rizalli and his friends, no cash up front, no questions asked . . . and no hope of rescue when the game goes horribly, deathly wrong.

A bullied fifth-grade girl befriends a dog named Sherlock who can talk. Soon, Amy finds herself tangled up in dangerous schemes and hanging out with people she never would have before. Thanks to Sherlock, Amys now popular.

If Howard had known the old hag was a witch, he never would have taunted her. She responded with a curse and now hes a goose. The only way to break the curse is to do three good deeds, but how can he--with webbed feet, wings, and only a "honk?

Nola is not much of a witch--she can work a few useless spells. But there's no spell keeping her mother--who hears voices and is a magnet for witch-hunters--out of trouble. The two of them evade authorities while traveling from town to town, until one day Nola witnesses a murder.

When Ted's five-year-old sister Vicky invents an imaginary friend, no one is too concerned--until they realize that her friend can move things. Ted thinks this new "friend" Marella is a ghost. But why would a ghost haunt Vicki?

Once upon a time there was very nice but very plain princess named Jennifer, who, following proper fairy-tale protocol, fell in love with very handsome but very conceited prince named Alexander. When Alexander offends a powerful witch, it falls to Jennifer to save him. "American Bookseller" Pick of the Lists and NCTE Notable Children's Trade Book in the Language Arts.

Fifteen-year-old Alys is not a witch. But that doesn't matter--the villagers think she is and have staked her out on a hillside as a sacrifice to the local dragon. It's late, it's cold, and it's raining, and Alys can think of only one thing--revenge.