Vivian Vande Velde

Seven supernatural stories, all having something to do with death.

Presents thirteen tales of Halloween horrors, including ghosts, vampires, and pranks gone awry.

Fifth grader Amy finds her life growing complicated when she meets and tries to hide an intelligent, talking dog who has escaped from a university lab.

Caught stealing some goose eggs from a witch, Howard is cursed for his heartlessness and turned into a goose himself, and he can only become human again by performing three good deeds.

A collection of variations on the familiar story of a boastful miller and the daughter he claims can spin straw into gold.

Fourteen-year-old Grace must find a way to get her older sister out of a princess-filled virtual reality RPG (role playing game)--before it is too late.

A dog chases a squirrel into an elementary school one night, creating monumental chaos.

A girl and her cat disappear back in time to retrieve a lost watch. Deanna's summer is lousy: her parents are divorcing, she's stuck in France, and her only companion is a mangy black cat. Things couldn't get worse- or so she thinks ... But things do get worse- much worse- when Deanna accidentallly drops her wristwatch into a well that turns out to be a magical gateway in tim. The watch finds its way into medieval France, where it will change history...

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!

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.