Dan Gutman

The new vice principal at Ella Mentry School is turning every single classroom upside down! Mrs. Jafee has some incredibly strange ideas about how students should learn, and she is making everyone follow her bizarre new rules. A.J. and his friends are absolutely confused when she forces them to stand perfectly on their heads just to practice their math equations! Things get even more ridiculous when it is time for language arts. You will be laughing out loud as the class attempts to take their weekly spelling test completely underwater. And if that isn't enough, Mrs. Jafee demands that the entire school stop everything they are doing to practice extreme yoga poses. Get ready for a school day that is stretching everyone to their absolute limits. You will love watching the gang try to survive these exhausting and utterly goofy new learning methods.

The security at Ella Mentry School has gone totally overboard! Officer Spence is supposed to keep the students safe, but he has completely lost his mind. Somebody has been sneaking around the cafeteria and stealing all of the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and the guard is determined to crack the case. Instead of quietly looking for clues, Officer Spence is running down the halls and trying to arrest absolutely everybody in sight! You will be completely hooked as you try to figure out who the real sandwich thief actually is before innocent students end up behind imaginary bars. Even the teachers are not safe from his wild accusations. Join A.J. and his friends as they navigate a school under total lockdown. You will find yourself laughing out loud at the ridiculous investigations and frantic chases in this hilarious and weirdly delicious schoolyard mystery.

Step onto the stage for the most confusing and hilarious performance in Ella Mentry School history. A.J. has been forced to visit the new speech teacher, Miss Laney, which makes absolutely no sense to him because he already knows perfectly well how to talk. But things get even worse when Miss Laney makes him practice bizarre tongue twisters and then forces him into the spotlight. You will join A.J. as he accidentally becomes the lead actor in the third grade production of Romeo and Juliet. To his absolute horror, he discovers exactly who will be playing Juliet opposite him, and it is his biggest rival. Now A.J. is terrified that there might be kissing involved, which is the most disgusting thing he can possibly imagine. This entertaining story throws you right into the drama of a school play gone wrong. It is filled with funny stage fright moments and the classic rivalry that makes these school days so much fun. Get ready to see if A.J. can survive the curtain call without losing his mind.

Summer vacation is supposed to be relaxing, but A.J. is in for a massive shock. His family has rented a beautiful beach house for the summer, but the house right next door was rented by his absolute worst enemy. Andrea and her family are going to be there all summer long! Things get even more ridiculous when they head down to the sand. Andrea develops a massive crush on the local lifeguard, Mr. Sunny, who has some very weird habits. You will find yourself laughing out loud as A.J. tries to survive a sunny vacation filled with annoying neighbors and bizarre beach rescue drills. Get ready to hit the waves with the Ella Mentry gang on their craziest summer trip yet. You will love watching A.J. try to ruin Andrea's romantic daydreams while dealing with the strangest lifeguard to ever blow a whistle.

Keep a close eye on the shadows, because the new student teacher at Ella Mentry School is bringing a lot of spooky energy to the classroom. Mr. Granite has been assigned an assistant named Miss Mary, and A.J. and his friends are entirely convinced that she might actually be a vampire. She wears strange dark clothes, and the kids hear rumors that she lives in a cave and sleeps hanging completely upside down. You will join the class as they go on high alert to protect themselves from their scary new teacher. Things get even weirder when they find out her boyfriend looks exactly like a zombie and plays loud music in a heavy metal band. To top it all off, they are both British, which only makes the kids more suspicious. A.J. decides it is time to stock up on garlic just in case. This funny adventure throws you into a wild school day filled with hilarious misunderstandings and active imaginations. It is packed with silly, spooky fun that will keep you guessing. See if the class can survive their creepy new teacher.

Pee Wee football season has finally arrived, but the team is in for a muddy surprise! A.J. is ready to play, but the new coach, Coach Hyatt, has some incredibly strange training methods. She skips the normal practice drills and orders the players to do their push-ups straight down in the mud. If that wasn't weird enough, she even challenges the young team to try and lift an entire car! You will be laughing non-stop as the boys try to survive her exhausting and completely ridiculous workout routines. Things get even crazier when she shakes up the roster and decides to put girls on the field to play. Huddle up for the wildest football game in Ella Mentry history. You will love watching A.J. and his teammates tackle unbelievable challenges as they try to secure a totally weird victory.

A.J. and his friends are finally graduating and moving up to the third grade, but the celebration is turning into a total disaster! The president of the PTA, Mrs. Dole, has gone completely out of control. Instead of a normal, quiet ceremony, she is planning a massive, ridiculous event that is driving everyone crazy. You will not believe your eyes as she tries to bring in a live petting zoo, explosive fireworks, and even a roaring flyover by a team of jet planes. Moving up a grade is definitely a big deal, but this is getting totally out of hand! You will team up with A.J. to figure out how to survive the wildest graduation party in history without everything falling apart. Dive into this fast-paced chapter book full of explosive laughs, crazy school moments, and an ending you will never forget.