Sideways Stories from Wayside School
By Louis Sachar
Published by Scholastic Inc. (2001)
Reading Level: Ages 9-12 years
Pages: 118
Genre: Modern Fantasy
Summary: Wayside school is a side ways school. It was built sideways and there are thirty floors. The kids on the thirtieth floor have a terrible teacher that turns them into apples. They turn her into an apple and Louis eats her. They get a new teacher, Mrs. Jewels, who thinks they are all really cute smart monkeys. The rest of the book is spent telling you about all the
characters, like Dana, that turn mosquito bites into numbers; and Maurecia, who loves ice cream, and everyone loves Maurecia flavored ice cream. There are three Erics and they had a dead rat in class once. The story ends with Louis telling them about kids that go to one story school and never get turned into apples. The Wayside kids think that's weird.
My Reaction: I think this book is so fun and so cute. I chuckled all the way through it.
Potential Problems: People fall out of windows, but no one is injured.
Recommendations: I would recommend this book to elementary school children, because, even though the stories are outrageous, I think the kids would relate to it.
The Wayside School Series:
- Sideways Stories from Wayside School
- Wayside School is Falling Down
- Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger
- Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School
- More Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School
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