Rumor has it that the new gym teacher is a real monster, someone who works the students very hard and makes them participate in dangerous activities like playing dodge ball with his truck.

On the third day of school, a young boy is sent to the principal's office and thinks about all the horrifying rumors he has heard about her.

"Summer is almost over, and you know what that means--time to head back to school! But when a tropical storm ends A.J.'s vacation earlier than expected, he and his family have to stay at Andrea's house. Ugh, disgusting! When everyone in the house starts getting cabin fever, and even back-to-school shopping won't calm the kids down, Andrea and A.J. are sent to Camp Ockatollyquay. The catch? It's a camp to get kids ready for school! But not to worry--Andrea...

Doug discovers that though being Harry's best friend in Miss Mackle's second grade class isn't always easy, as Harry likes to do horrible things, it is often a lot of fun.

Police Officer Panda and Police Officer Squirrel are visiting Peppa's class for an important lesson on safety!

Every class has to come up with an idea for a booth at the school carnival. Too bad your class has chosen your idea: a dunking booth and they want you to be the one who gets dunked!

Hubie's on his most hair-raising mission yet: to spend the night in the castle of Count Dracula!

The Bailey School Kids believe the boat instructor at Camp Lone Wolf is a pirate searching for buried treasure.

A.J.'s class is going head-to-head against Dirk School in a charity softball game. The losing team must clean the winning school's toilet with a toothbrush! Mr. Ott, retired baseball pro, intends to lead Ella Mentry School to victory, but will his weird tactics actually make the team lose?

Based on the author's childhood this story is about young Jason who has to deal with several issues at school during his sixth-grade year.