Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger

By Louis Sachar

All the kids from Wayside School had to spend 243 days in horrible schools while Wayside was closed to get rid of the infestation of cows! Now the kids are back and the fun begins again on every floor. Miss Mush has prepared a special lunch of baked liver in purple sauce and it is pet day on the 30th floor. There are dogs and cats and frogs and skunks and an orange named Fido, causing a terrible commotion. But the biggest surprise of all is that Mrs Jewls is expecting a baby and a substitute teacher is coming, and everyone knows what that means . . . Wayside School is going to get a little stranger.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release date: Nov 1, 2010
• ISBN: 9781408812471

Louis Sachar

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.

Reviews for Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger

[t1bclasslibrary · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book picks up where Wayside School is Falling Down left off. It has all the humor of the series, and, in this book, the teachers get a little stranger as Mrs. Jewls (who was strange enough to begin with) heads off to have a baby. Wayside is just as funny as ever when the kids all come back to their strange school, series of subs, and principal, Mr. Kidswatter.

[j7brittain1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It was a very funny book.I like the chapter going up high and I would recomend it

[rbeene-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

These are fun books.

[michellehewitt · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Third book in the series. The school is back open and ready for new silly stories. Great way to end the year

[librarybrandy · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Not as strong as the others--he's really running on fumes here--but there were still some really great moments. Jokes that are set up early on and take 80 pages for the payoff--that's the kind of book this is. 4 stars because it made me laugh anyway, but it's not the best of the series.

[librisissimo · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Wayside will certainly appeal to the target audience, and adults will enjoy the crazy humor as well. Sensitive children or ones who don't have a grasp of irony should stay away from it.

[amberthehuman · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Aww, yay! Since we already know the kids and the teacher, this book adds in new characters - and it's great fun. And just as ridiculous as the others.

[kf4vkp · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I was introduced to Wayside School stories in the 4th grade by Mrs. Avery, aka the coolest teacher ever. I have tried to share them with every child I know since.

[noah shilkin · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a very good book very funny.this was good that you could change font size,brightness and background colour. This is a good app

[eas7788 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I love how these books hold up and how they stay true to themselves -- despite being written decades apart. They capture the way school is its own complete world, how it works in strange ways that as a child you accept, how its people are larger than life.

[snickel63 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Louis does it again! Our favorite characters are up to their "strange" ways. I love that each novel ends a way that makes a connection to the previous books.