Fifth grader Nelson Malone borrows a giant talking snake from his neighborhood witch, converts his sister's doll to a homework machine, and becomes embroiled in other comic misadventures
Hardcover
(Dutton Books for Young Readers, May 26, 1988)
Follows the exciting adventures of Nelson Malone as he meets his sixth-grade teacher, Terrible Tuckman, makes a video with his favorite rock group, and becomes a hero during a plane trip to Phoenix.