Lane Smith
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Augie Hobble lives in Fairy Tale Place, a place which is not as magical as its name promises--it is his father's rundown amusement park. Augie's life feels rundown as well--he has failed Creative Arts, the girl he likes ignores him, and the school bullies have targeted him. On top of all this, there seem to be paranormal events happening around him, but not all of them seem bad. Some of them might even help turn his life around.
13) Math curse
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When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse.
16) Cat problems
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"A pampered house cat complains about the daily struggles he faces"--
19) Science verse
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When the teacher tells his class that they can hear the poetry of science in everything, a student is struck with a curse and begins hearing nothing but science verses that sound very much like some well-known poems.
20) Tut, tut
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Sam, Joe, and Fred finish their school project on ancient Egypt without using their magical time travel book, but when Joe's sister Anna plays with it and travels to the land of pyramids, they must follow her back in time to bring her back to 1996.