Introduction / Lemony Snicket --
Archie Smith, Boy Wonder / Tabitha King --
Under the rug / Jon Scieszka --
A strange day in July / Sherman Alexie --
Missing in Venice / Gregory Maguire --
Another place, another time / Cory Doctorow --
Uninvited guests / Jules Feiffer --
The harp / Linda Sue Park --
Mr. Linden's library / Walter Dean Myers --
The seven chairs / Lois Lowry --
The third-floor bedroom / Kate DiCamillo --
Just desert / M.T. Anderson --
Captain Tory / Louis Sachar --
Oscar and Alphonse / Chris Van Allsburg --
The house on Maple Street / Stephen King --
Original introduction to The mysteries of Harris Burdick / Chris Van Allsburg.
