Other editions of book The Trouble with Miss Switch

Rupert P. Brown III is a scientist. In his room he has an aquarium experiment, a turtle experiment, and a nutrition experiment (two guinea pigs). But when he starts fifth grade, things happen that he has to label “No known way to prove scientifically.” The new teacher, Miss Switch, has eyes in the back of her head. She can control spitballs and water fountains. Eventually, Rupert discovers her secret: Miss Switch is a witch. When she asks for his help, however, Rupert will need every bit of his scientific skill to find a solution to her spooky dilemma. Barbara Brooks Wallace is author of many popular books for children, including Sparrows in the Scullery. In The Trouble with Miss Switch, she creates an adventurous tale where science and witchcraft join forces - with hilarious results. Parents may remember this story as a popular television Weekend Special. In this lively audio production, narrator Jeff Woodman captures the energy of each spirited moment.

Rupert Brown can tell from day one that Miss Switch is no ordinary fifth-grade teacher. Her whole look is about as comfortable as a steel knitting needle! Plus, she's in some serious trouble. It seems that Miss Switch has been condemned by a crazy contraption called a computowitch, and she must come up with some original witchcraft -- or she will be doomed to sweep Witch's Mountain for l50 years.Can great scientist Rupert Brown and his friend Amelia Daley face the computowitch and the Witches' Council -- and get their favorite teacher of all time out of this mess?

What: EyesKind: CracklingWhose: HersPerformance: See clearly from back of headHow Tested: No known way to prove scientificallyThese are the notes made by Rupert P. Brown, a going-on-eleven-year-old budding scientist, when he suspects his fifth grade teacher at Pepperdine Elementary School is a witch. Turns out Miss Switch IS a witch, and she’s in big trouble, condemned by the wicked Saturna via her idiotic Computowitch to perform some original witchcraft or be forced to sweep Witch’s Mountain for 150 years. Miss Switch seeks Rupert’s help. Can the great scientist and friend Amelia Daley knock the socks off the Computowitch and the Witch’s Council . . . and win a reprieve for Miss Switch, their favorite teacher of all time? “Witchcraft of the real no-fooling, flying broomsticks and talking cats variety!” ABC Press

What do you do when you discover that your new fifth-grade teacher, Miss Switch, is an honest-to-goodness, broom-flying, card-carrying witch who has arrived at your school actually requiring the help of your great scientific brain to help her solve a serious problem? Well, if you are Rupert P. Brown, III, owner of said brain, you help her, naturally, ending up doing some broomstick flying yourself, and going on a hair-raising journey to confront a whole flock of witches and the crazy computowitch, source of Miss Switch's problems. The Trouble With Miss Switch and its sequel, Miss Switch to the Rescue, televised as ABC Weekend Specials, were the highest rated shows of that series. Not hard to guess why!