Todd Strasser

169 p. ; 18 cm

Fun in the water... Kelly Schneider could hardly wait for summer vacation. She's finally landed her dream job—she's head lifeguard at the New Arcadia Inn. Sink or swim... At first Kelly laughs at the legend about the pool. Years ago a girl drowned there; now they say she's come back for revenge. Then a string of horrifying poolside accidents reveals a frightening pattern: something weird really is after the lifeguards! Off the deep end! Kelly can't stay out of the pool, or the people she's supposed to protect will die. But every time she enters the water, she doesn't know if she'll make it out alive! Nightmare Inn - if you check in, you may never check out!

Lady's pampered uptown world is turned upside down when she falls head over paws for Tramp, a fun-loving mutt with a charming bark and an appetite for adventure.

Kennin is new to Sin City, running from a tragic past and anxious to start a life outside the gearhead crowd. But he can't resist the lure of all the hot, tricked-out cars in Las Vegas. When Kennin accidentally proves his talent, he's pulled into a tsuiso battle against the toughest drivers around. The competition is cutthroat, and Kennin's outsider status only makes it worse. With ugly rivalries and vicious sabotage all around him, Kennin's ride will be gut-wrenchingly dangerous...and totally amping.

On the eve of her twenty-first birthday ball, Cassandra would finally be free. Free from mourning her father's death, and free to begin a new life as Countess of Worthing. Cass had no intention of marrying --- not yet. Instead, she planned to rule her land and bask in her independence. Then the dashing Nigel Wetherby arrives at the ball --- an uninvited guest on Cassandra's most magical day. To young Cass, he is the sweetest of passions. But Nigel has plans of his own. Plans that could break her heart, and defy their love. At once, he is both her worst nightmare --- and her dream come true ..

"She's cool, she's punk, she's Heavenly, the nanny for my little brother, Tyler. And she makes magic. But this time not even Heavenly's magic may be strong enough to save us from disaster!"

The magic jack-o-lantern Kate brings home has the out-of-this-world power to turn her usually boring family inside out and upside down.

Eleven-year-old Jesse tries to find a way to free his new friend, a 7,000-pound killer whale named Willy, from a miserable existence as the star attraction at an amusement park.

Burp It Up Middle School has some brand-new Vend-A-Lunch machines. They might put the lunch ladies out of business, but that doesn't bother Jake Sherman and his best friends. Until they switch bodies with three lunch ladies by mistake. Jake, Josh, and Andy are stuck serving nasty food, wearing plastic gloves and hair nets. And with the mini-DITS busted, it might be a long time before they switch back.

"Together they bend every rule in school--but they never get caught"--Cover.

After a plane crash in the swampy Everglades, two spunky teenagers help their parents survive alligators, mosquitoes, quicksand, and worse.