New Releases by Nancy E. Krulik

Princess Serena, who wants to be a knight instead of a princess, must perform good deeds on a Quest of Kindness to prove to her father that she deserves to go to knight school.

There''s trouble in the kingdom of Salamistonia! Ever since an evil wizard kidnapped Lester the jester, laughter and smiles have disappeared. Now Princess Pulverizer has the perfect opportunity to complete the next good deed on her Quest of Kindness: a rescue mission!

Ten-year-old George Brown tries his best to earn money for a special toy he wants, but whether he is working in his mother''s craft shop or setting up a backyard circus, the magic burps erupt at exactly the wrong time and foil his plans.

Suzanne convinces Katie to get a new haircut from Cherrydale''s newest hair salon. But when the magic wind switcheroos Katie with the stylist before Suzanne''s cut, Katie is in a hairy situation. Illustrations.

While practicing her clarinet for the upcoming band concert, reluctantly agreeing to a new hairstyle, and competing with a rival fourth grade class in kite flying, Katie anxiously wonders when the magic wind will transform her into someone else. Includes kite flying tips.

As long-awaited fourth grade starts, Katie is overwhelmed when the magic wind causes her to switch twice--first into a new classmate and then into Mr. Starkey, the school band leader.

For school spirit week, Jenny and her friends compete with the Pops to see who can show more enthusiasm for their school, but when someone starts showing up as a school mascot in a lion costume, no one can figure out who it is.

All the other kids are happy to be starting first grade in Miss Popper''s class, but Carlos wants to stay in kindergarten and he is certain that he will not like first grade one bit.

Traces the life of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, from her difficult childhood, to her stardom with the popular group TLC, to her premature death in an auto accident.

Middle school student Jenny McAfee is thrilled when two of her friends are chosen as finalists in the annual statewide history test challenge, but when rumors start that one of them cheated, Jenny decides to find out the truth.

When they hear that their teacher, Mr. G., is cutting off his ponytail and picking up a suit, the students jump to the wrong conclusion, until Katie finds out what is really happening when she turns into Mr. G.

Katie is an ordinary third-grader—except for one extraordinary problem! She accidentally wished on a shooting star to be anyone but herself. Katie soon learns that wishes really do come true—and in the strangest way. In No Messin'' with My Lesson, Katie''s teacher, Mrs. Derkman, hopes to win the Teacher of the Year contest, but her chances do not look good when Katie turns into her teacher and cannot keep a class full of out-of-control third-graders in line. Book #11

Katie is an ordinary third-grader—except for one extraordinary porblem! She accidentally wished on a shooting star to be anyone but herself. Katie soon learns that wishes really do come true—and in the strangest way. When strict Mrs. Derkman moves next door to Katie, she scares Katie''s friends away and insists she keep her dog, Pepper, on a leash, will Katie finds a non-magical solution to the problem? Includes steps for teaching a dog to sit and stay.

Katie agrees to be a buddy for the new girl in class even though her best friend Suzanne does not approve.

Best friends Katie and Suzanne are both nominated for mayor of the fourth grade, and Suzanne wants to win so much that she starts spreading mean rumors, while Katie gets an inside look at the Cherrydale mayoral race.

While her class is studying reptiles, Katie, a vegetarian, refuses to feed worms to Slinky the snake, class 4A''s pet, but when the magic wind turns her into Slinky, Katie learns that some animals cannot survive on vegetables alone.

Someone''s been leaving gifts and notes for Jenny. Who could it be? Meanwhile, Rachel and Felicia stop speaking following a basketball game in which Felicia calls Rachel a ball hog. Now both girls are trying to get their friends to choose sides! And to top it all off, Addie''s managed to turn a simple fundraiser into a popularity contest, and as sixth grade president, Jenny has to deal with her. Will Jenny unravel the mystery of her secret admirer? And more importantly, will her friends ever speak to one another again?

Chaos reigns when the magic wind turns fourth-grader Katie into Dr. Sang the dentist, and she must examine the mouth of a fearful new patient.

Fourth-grader Katie secretly believes that her grandfather is too old to be her partner in the school Olympics until she trades places with him for a day--thanks to the magic wind.

In two stories, a magic wind changes Katie Carew into Olympic skating star Kerry Gaffigan, and then into Kerry''s boyfriend, a famous snowboarder who is in town to film a commercial.

When best friends Jenny and Addie start sixth grade, Jenny quickly discovers that Addie is interested in joining the Pops, the coolest seventh grade clique in school.

Joyce Kilmer Middle School is turned upside-down after the debut of a gossip column that has the power to turn friends into enemies.

After Katie goes to Suzanne''s all-girl sleepover party instead of riding the new rollercoaster with Jeremy, Jeremy and the other boys in their class declare that all girls have cooties, so Katie tries to ease hurt feelings.

Kevin is so involved in karate he does not have time for anything, including his friends, but then Katie turns into him during his big karate competition.

Katie magically turns into her father right before he is set to appear on his favorite television game show, but unfortunately she cannot answer a single question.

Fourth-grader Katie is concerned when an older girl uses live mice in a science fair project, but when Katie turns into the sixth-grader and has to run the experiment herself, she has a different opinion of the student.

When fourth-grade Katie turns into her unfair track coach, she gives all the members of the team a chance to compete, including the slowest runner in her class.

Katie is sick of her school''s rules. But when she turns into the principal and announces that there are no rules, she creates a great big mess! Will Katie be able to get the school back in shape?

Sammy desperately wants to be cast as one of the ten plagues in his school''s Passover play. But when his teacher assigns him the role of the matzoh, Sammy can''t believe his bad luck. Full color.

Harvey gets a mysterious invitation to an Other Realm Halloween party and takes Sabrina along. When the mysterious host can not be found and the guests start disappearing, Sabrina decides to investigate.