Marcia Thornton Jones

Bailey City is full of some pretty weird grown-ups. It is the perfect place for the spooky Hauntly Manor Inn. Could a mad scientist really be working with Hilda Hauntly on a secret formula to clone monsters? Check out whose visiting Hauntly Manor Inn.

It's show time! Jeff, Cassidy, and Nina find some great props for their class play when they visit a sale at the old Blackburn Mansion. But they bring back more than just an antique fiddle and pet dish. They bring more ghosts! And the new ghosts like to sing, all of the time. Now, the Ghostville ghosts are trying to steal the spotlight and ruin the class play. The show must go on, but it can't go on like this!

Melody, Liza, Howie, and Eddie are not exactly overjoyed at the prospect of Mr. Youngblood, whom they believe is actually a werewolf, running for President of the United States, especially when he is campaigning for longer school days.

When a group of short construction workers begins building a school playground, Lisa begins to suspect that they are really Christmas elves, but Melody and Howie think Lisa has an overactive imagination.

"There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But could the very large hairy man with huge feet really be the legendary Bigfoot?"--Back cover.

The Bailey School kids set out to discover whether the new assistant principal is really a wizard.

"Something weird is happening at Great-Aunt Mathilda's! Eddie and Howie go to visit Eddie's great-aunt Mathilda. But when Howie sees a shadowy face in the window--and when his potato chips start to form mysterious trails--the Bailey School kids are spooked. Could a ghost be living in the attic?"--

The Bailey school kids are curious to find out if the boat instructor at Camp Lone Wolf is really a pirate searcing for buried treasure.

There's a mystery going on between the new basketball coach and the third-grade teacher, Mrs. Jeepers.

There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But could the art teacher with braces on her teeth really be an alien from outer space? The Bailey School kids are going to find out!