A.J. and his friends are afraid that Ms.Todd, their substitute teacher, has killed their regular teacher and is trying to take over her job.

When the origami pig that Song Lee made for her grandmother is seized by a substitute teacher, the usually well-behaved third grader breaks a classroom rule to rescue it from the "June box."

"Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano...

"Cat is not so keen on stepping in as substitute teacher at Kitty School, but he's surprised by how much he's able to teach the kittens--and how much he learns from them"--Provided by publisher.

"Judy Moody has to start working with a math tutor, which puts her in a mad-i-tude. Does this mean flash cards? School on weekends? Then Judy meets her tutor, an uber-cool college student, and gets a taste of campus life. Say hello to Judy "Ms. College" Moddy!" --back cover

Mr. Creacher, a multi-tentacled substitute teacher, warns his prankish students not to misbehave, recounting rhyming cautionary tales of the weird, spooky, and unexpected.

When sixth-grade classroom terror Jacob Wonderbar and his friends Sarah and Dexter find a spaceship crashed in the woods near their suburban neighborhood, their discovery leads them to a series of adventures including space travel, substitute teachers, kidnapping, and more.

"Miss Nelson's class always acts up--especially when their teacher is absent from school! But after a week with their strict substitute, Viola Swamp, the kids can't wait for Miss Nelson to come back" --publisher's website

In this over-the-top sequel, there's trouble in paradise. When the seemingly reformed ex-con Zequi is about to marry the love of his life, the lovably nerdy Lucy, wedding-day jitters turn into a full-blown fiasco, and Lucy calls the wedding off. Once they're all seaside, Lucy runs into her high school sweetheart Mario, who is the coach of the opposing squad, and Zequi finds himself a rival in more than one competition.

"On his first day as a substitute teacher, Cinque Henderson was cursed and yelled at by a class of 11th graders. One kid openly threatened him. Cinque, not wanting trouble, called the hall monitor, who escorted the student to the office. But five minutes later, the office sent him back. He carried a note that simply read, "ok to return to class." That was it: no suspension, no detention, no phone call home, no picking up trash after school, no sidebar...