"Friends and pranking partners Miles and Niles face a tough challenge when their favorite goat and nemesis, Principal Barkin, is replaced by his stern, no-nonsense father, Former Principal Barkin, who turns the school into boot camp"--

Combines two stories also published separately, Out the rear window and To catch a ghost, in which Charlie Hitchcock and Tyler Yu investigate mysteries at the Abracadabra Hotel.

It is Mordecai's first day in Mr. Grizley's class, and before he can really introduce himself it is time for the school assembly--but when the scheduled magic show is canceled Mordecai steps in and reveals that he has brought some magic tricks of his own.