When the Chancy Street werewolves arrive for the big casketball game against St. Orlok's Elementary, where Lee and his fellow student vampires Billy and Bella are on the team, it seems that some of the werewolves plan on cheating, and Lee tries to come with a plan to foil them--fast.

Lee and his best friends Billy and Bella are on the St. Orlok's casketball team. They're all getting ready for the big game against the Chaney Street Werewolves. But when the other team arrives, it seems that some of them aren't planning on playing fair. Lee needs a plan - fast! Will he manage to foil the cheats before the whistle?

Lee Price lives with his mum and dad in an ordinary house on an ordinary street. Like most nine-year-olds, Lee goes to school every day. Or rather, every night. Because St. Orlok’s Elementary School is no ordinary school, and Lee is no ordinary boy. St. Orlok’s is a school for young vampires. Lee and his best friends Billy and Bella are preparing for a big casketball match against the Chaney Street werewolves. But when the other team arrives, it seems that some of them aren’t planning on playing a fair game. Lee must come up with a plan – fast! Will he manage to foil the cheats before the final whistle blows?

Tyler has a perfect shot on the basketball court. Since he can't miss, he quits passing to his teammates. But will Tyler learn that nobody wants to play with a ball hog?

Includes excerpt from Diary of a 5th grade outlaw: The friend thief.

There are five guys on the Wildcats who always start, and forward Daniel Friedland isn't one of them. But when the star forward goes on vacation, Daniel gets his chance at the spotlight. It's his turn to shine. Daniel has worked hard at improving his free throws, but he's terrible at layups, and everybody knows it. He'll need to work hard if he wants to be a starting Wildcat.

Twelve-year-old Matt Hill struggles to make the basketball team in his new school while keeping out of trouble.

After the first day of tryouts for the school basketball team, Stu stays behind to shoot extra free throws--his weak spot. As he's shooting baskets, a boy joins him in the gym. He's wearing a retro jersey, and Stu doesn't recognize him. He tells Stu to come back later, and he'll give Stu tips. Stu returns, and the boy named Randy helps him with his shooting. Stu asks Randy when he went to school there, but the boy disappears. Stu discovers Randy is a ghost. Randy helps Stu make the basketball team, and Stu chooses to wear the ghost's number on his jersey.

James makes a terrifying discovery about his grandmother while visiting her with his baby sister, Ruthie. She's been turned into a vampire by her creepy friend, Victor, who has taken a strange interest in James's sister. James must protect himself and Ruthie until their mother can pick them up. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.