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Matt Jensen--reared by legendary mountain man Smoke Jensen--makes the mistake of riding into Purgatory, Arizona.

A job offer to deliver 3,000 head of cattle sounds like just the payday Smoke Jensen needs.

A skateboarding principal offers unusual incentives to his students to motivate them to learn more.

A.J. and his classmates are convinced that new school librarian, Mrs. Roopy, has multiple personality disorder because she keeps pretending to be famous people.

A.J. and the other second graders do everything except play sports when they go to "fizz ed" class with their new teacher, Miss Small.

When Stosh travels back in time to 1941 in hopes of preventing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II, he meets Ted Williams, one of the greatest hitte

When boring Mr. Loring retires, A.J.'s class gets a new music teacher who raps, break-dances, and thinks he has what it takes to become a famous musician.

Mistaken for the outlaw Bloody Ben Bledsoe, wealthy Conrad Browning--aka "The Kid"--is captured and thrown into prison. Determined to clear his name, he teams up with a fellow inmate and escapes.

They are strangers in a strange land--a band of German immigrants trespassing across the Jensen family spread.

Matt Jensen is in the deadly Texas town of Shady Rest. After Jensen guns down a ruthless killer in self-defense, he's suddenly in line for a $5,000 bounty.

Mrs. Cooney, the school nurse, is so beautiful that A.J. has a crush on her--even though he suspects she might be an international spy!

The new lunch lady at Ella Mentry School, Ms. LaGrange, writes secret messages in the mashed potatoes and tries her best to get A.J. and the other students to eat healthy foods.

A.J. and his friends find out what amazing things Miss Lazar, the Super Custodian at their school, can do.

Mr. Docker, a new science teacher, is a crazy inventor who blows things up, uses potatoes for power, and has A.J.

With the peculiar Mrs. Kormel at the wheel, anything could happen on the bus ride to Ella Mentry School, as A.J.