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Wayside School is Falling Down

Adam McCauley, Louis Sachar

Ages 7–12

Readers rate it 4.1 (108 on Hardcover)

152 pages · Released Dec 28, 2004

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Wayside School is Falling Down is a lighthearted, absurdist comedy collection about life in an impossibly weird school. The humor is gentle and surreal rather than mean-spirited, celebrating quirky characters and their friendships. While the physical comedy (like a computer falling out a window) is played for laughs with no real consequences, the book rewards kindness, acceptance of differences, and imaginative thinking throughout.

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From the publisher

"Watch Closely," said Mrs. Jewls. "You can learn much faster using a computer instead of paper and pencil." Then she pushed the new computer out the window. The children watched it fall thirty floors and smash against the sidewalk. "See?" said Mrs. Jewls. "That's gravity! I've been trying to teach you about gravit... "Watch Closely," said Mrs. Jewls. "You can learn much faster using a computer instead of paper and pencil." Then she pushed the new computer out the window. The children watched it fall thirty floors and smash against the sidewalk. "See?" said Mrs. Jewls. "That's gravity! I've been trying to teach you about gravity, but the computer showed you a lot quicker!" That's the way things happen at Wayside School. There are 29 kids in Mrs. Jewls's class and this book is about all of them. There is Todd, who got in trouble every day...until he got a magic dog; Paul, whose life was saved by Leslie's pigtails; Ron, who dared to try the cafeteria's Mushroom Surprise--and all the others who helped turn a day at Wayside school into one madcap adventure after another. But, after the things that happened in Sideways Stories from Wayside School, what would you expect?

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  • Humorous stories
  • Schools
  • Fiction
  • Show-and-tell presentations
  • Show-and-tell presentations in fiction
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Schools in fiction
  • Children's fiction
  • Schools, fiction
  • Wayside School (Imaginary organization)
  • Character driven
  • Strong Character Development

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ISBN 9780380731503 · HarperTeen

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