Sideways Stories From Wayside School by Louis Sachar

Sideways Stories From Wayside School

Louis Sachar

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 26, 2019

A Childrens pick for readers exploring Sideways Stories From Wayside School.

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Who it’s for
A brisk, silly school-day read where oddball classroom characters and clever jokes keep things lively.
Themes
School life, Humor
Pacing
Fast

About this book

Bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Louis Sachar knows how to make readers laugh. And there are laughs galore in perennial favorite Sideways Stories from Wayside School, the first book in the series! Accidentally built sideways and standing thirty stories high (the builder said he was very sorry for the mistake), Wayside School has some of the wackiest classes in town, especially on the thirtieth floor.

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That’s where you’ll meet Bebe, the fastest draw in art class; John, who only reads upside down; Myron, the best class president ever; and Sammy, the new kid—he’s a real rat. More than fifteen million readers have laughed at the clever and hilarious stories of Wayside School. So what are you waiting for? Come visit Wayside School! Kids 7 to 13 will zoom through these chapter books—laughing their way through the fast, funny, silly but relatable stories. This funny chapter book series includes: - Sideways Stories from Wayside School - Wayside School Is Falling Down - Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger - And now also Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom, the brand-new, fourth installment in the series, and the first in twenty-five years!

School, Sideways

A brisk, silly school-day read where oddball classroom characters and clever jokes keep things lively.

Come here for

  • Fast, funny stories with a sideways-school twist
  • Classroom characters with quirks you can picture

Expect

  • Short chapters and a light, comic tone
  • Silliness with a relatable school-day feel

Where it sits

Short Stories63%
School Stories59%
Funny Stories47%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Animal Stories
  • Pet Stories
  • Baby Animals
  • The Classics
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  • Girls & Young Women
  • Halloween Stories
  • Funny Stories
  • Mysteries & Detective Stories
Authors
Louis Sachar
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
March 26, 2019
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
School life · Humor
Reading lane
Animal Stories