The kids decide to find out if the clumsy new softball coach, who keeps wrapping up his injuries in bandages, is really a mummy.

Suspense, humor, and the appealing Bailey School kids make this an irresistible early chapter book. At Camp Lone Wolf, the Bailey kids suspect that the camp director is a werewolf. What's more, the newest member of the camp staff, Captain Teach, thinks he's a pirate. Line drawings.

"There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But could the new mysterious student teacher who is on the Bailey City football team really be out to get the students of Bailey Elementary? The Bailey School kids are going to find out!"--Cover.

"There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But could the professional wrestler in town for WestleBaileyLive be a real-lie Viking? The Bailey School kids are going to find out!"--P.[4] of cover.

Who is that riding up to the Bailey City pool? It's the new lifeguard. But why is she dressed the way she is? And why is she taking all of their treasures?

The Bailey School kids investigate to see if a frosty stranger who visits their town's winter festival is really the Abominable Snowman.

The students at the Bailey School are trying to find out if the new school nurse is really a Martian.

Discovering that their new gymnastics teacher likes cats, brooms, strange drinks from the health bar, and funny rhymes, the kids at Bailey School become convinced that Miss Brewbaker is really a witch.

The Bailey School kids notice that Frank is very tall and has a lot of scars, and despite the fact that he plants petunias, they wonder if he could be Dr. Victor's man-made monster.

When Liza, Howie, Eddie and Melody discover that Santa's reindeer are all at the Bailey City Zoo with terrible colds, Eddie becomes determined to do what he can to save Christmas.