Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger

Description: After closing for 242 days to get rid of the cows (don't ask), everyone's favorite school is back in session. Mrs. Jewels is having a baby, and that can mean only one thing--substitute teachers. Why does Mr. Gorf have three nostrils? The kids won't tell you, they're not talking. And watch what you think around Miss Nogard--she can read your mind.

Brief description: When Louis Sachar was going to school, his teachers always pronounced his name wrong. Now that he has become a popular author of children's books, teachers all over the country are pronouncing his name wrong. It should be pronounced "Sacker," like someone who tackles quarterbacks or someone who stuffs potatoes into sacks.

Mr. Sachar's first book, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, was accepted for publication during his first year of law school. After receiving his law degree, he spent six years asking himself whether he wanted to be an author or a lawyer before deciding to write for children full-time. His books include Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Wayside School Is Falling Down, Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger, and Holes, winner of a Newbery Medal and National Book Award.

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"Will surely tickle the funny bones." - School Library Journal