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Strange Strangers Come to Wayside School...Welcome back to Wayside School! After closing for 242 days to get rid of the cows (don't ask), everyone's favorite thirty-story school is finally back in session.But all is not well at the school with no nineteenth floor. Mrs. Jewls, the best teacher at Wayside, is having a baby, and that can mean only one thing--substitute teachers.First comes Mr. Gorf. Was he married to the terrible Mrs. Gorf? And why does he have three nostrils? The kids won't tell you. They're not talking.Then there's Mrs. Drazil. She never forgets a missed homework assignment, not even one that Louis the yard teacher owed her fifteen years ago.By the time the class gets the fearsome Miss Nogard, the kids can't wait for everything to return to normal.Wayside School may seem like a pretty strange place already, but now it has to get a little stranger."These additional anecdotes about Wayside School will surely tickle the funny bones of Sachar's fans. Thirty more 'time outs' are miraculously conflated into a semicoherent story about the students and teachers at this unique 30-story 1-classroom-per-floor elementary school. Mrs. Jewls, the teacher atop the school, is out on maternity leave and her students find themselves facing three consecutive substitutes....Contains hilarity, malevolence, romance, relentless punning,goofiness, inspiration, revenge, and poignancy."--School Library Journal.
Series: Wayside School
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins; Reissue edition (December 28, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0380731495
ISBN-13: 978-0380731497
Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 4.2 x 7 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (94 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #11,436 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #31 in Books > Teens > Literature & Fiction > Humorous
For 12 years, I've been reading these books to my students and they love them. When I see them check out these books to read on their own, it makes me so happy! I've read this to all my classes from 2nd grade to 5th grade. They absolutely love them!
This is the third Wayside School book and the consensus seems to be that it isn't as good as the first book in the series but is still a satisfying choice for fans. Well, this is my first Wayside School book and I'm happy to report that it is entertaining and is perfectly accessible for readers who haven't read either other book. All of the action is episodic and only loosely tied together so it makes sense that once you get the Wayside vibe you can read the Wayside stories in pretty much any order you want.Sachar's main claim to fame is "Holes", but he has an extensive body of work. Most readers seem to prefer his more realistic underdog fictions, but he certainly isn't limited to that genre. The Wayside School stories are antic, silly, touching, and sometimes very sharp, edgy and a bit acerbic. There is a lot here to amuse young fart-loving readers, but this is also thinking kids humor and there are many levels to each story told here. It's interesting that all of the villains in these stories are insane, devious or evil teachers, but the heroes are also teachers. Older kids would probably get a kick out of seeing nasty teachers get their various just deserts, but parents should be aware that there is some subversive stuff going on. (WARNING: For what it's worth there is also an extended piece about the existence of Santa Claus, which seems careless and unfortunate in a book that may be read to or by young kids. So be aware.)In addition to its generally manic and skewed vibe, this book is attractive because of its style. Most of the stories are told entirely or at least primarily through dialogue, which is unusual for early reader books, which usually rely on an omniscient narrator. You have to follow a lot of cross-talk and overlapping dialogue, which is an important but often underappreciated skill to be mastered by early readers. That reliance on dialogue also keeps the pace and energy level up and contributes to the generally idiosyncratic feel of this book.Bottom line: If you want to spend time in a very weird place as seen through the eyes and heard through the ears of about twenty odd and interesting kids, Wayside School could be for you.
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger is a fictional short story chapter book. It belongs to the Wayside School series. It is written for elementary schoolers or older. The author, Louis Sachar, practiced law and likes to write. All the books in the Wayside School series trick your mind and make you confused. The short stories in this book really make you think. You will meet characters like:-the 3 Erics, who like to mess around-Mac, who's always interrupting and-Ron, who is stupid.Louis Sachar likes to play tricks on and confuse his readers, but that makes readers think and have their own opinions about what's going to happen. I liked this book because it was funny. It had things that weren't true, like UFOs. I especially liked when Louis, the silly yard teacher, turns into Mr. Poop, the Professional Playground Supervisor.You should read this book if you like fiction and adventure. I rate this book five stars because there is a lot of funniness... and ears!
The Wayside books are so much fun to read with my kids!! They are silly and funny. I read these books as a child and couldn't wait until my children were old enough for me to share them. They just want me to read them over and over! My oldest son even took our book to school so the teacher could read it to the class! I highly recommend this book to any mother or, child who enjoys reading!
"Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger" by Louis Sachar is a hiliarious sequel to "Wayside School is Falling Down" also by Louis Sachar. This story takes place in a quite abnormal school. A school that was supposed to be built thirty classrooms side by side, but instead built thirty classrooms one on top of another.A thirty story building with no nineteenth story. The builder said he was very sorry. In "Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger" we get to meet the characters. There's Sharie who sleeps all day. Kathy who hates everyone. Todd who always get sent home on the kindergarten bus. Ms. Gorf who turns the children into apples, Louis the best yard teacher ever,and a few more teachers and students. In this book, Wayside School is closed to get rid of the........cows! Once the school reopens the fun starts. Doors become goozacks and the children loose their vocies, compleatly. Each chapter in this book gets funnier and stranger. Both books are so funny you won't be able to put them down.
Daughter is in 2nd grade and wanted me to buy the story since they were reading it in school. She says it's a good story...a little "weird" (she gets scared VERY easily, and was a tiny bit "disturbed" by some parts that most kids at this age would not be) but she read it every night before she went to bed so it couldn't have been that bad. She said it's a good story.
My daughter loves the Wayside school books and this one was no exception. She loves the characters and humor and I love that she gets so excited about reading them. When this one arrived, she immediately ran up to her room to begin reading it and was finished before dinner that night. The only complaint is that there are not more books in this series.
Three months ago, my 7 year old daughter was a reluctant reader. Then she discovered Louis Sachar; first 'Someday Angeline' and then all the books in the 'Wayside School' series. The change in her attitude towards reading and her confidence as a reader over such a short space of time has been remarkable.When I asked her why she likes the Wayside School books so much, she said that she just loves the characters and the situations they find themselves in. Sometimes she laughs so hard that she cries!Thank you Louis Sachar!
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