Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 1995 · Est. 3.5 hour read

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger

By Louis Sachar, Adam McCauley (Illustrator)

Book #3 in the Wayside School series

A group of students navigate the challenges of a quirky school and its eccentric teachers.

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197 pages· 24,281 words· Est. 3.5 hour read
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At Wayside School, a thirty-story building with peculiar quirks, students face oddities like a nonexistent nineteenth floor and a parade of substitute teachers. As Mrs. Jewls prepares for a baby, chaos ensues with unexpected classroom antics. Will the students unravel the mysteries of their strange school, or will the peculiarities continue to baffle them? Dive into the hilarity and discover what makes Wayside School so uniquely unpredictable.

From the publisher

Bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Louis Sachar knows how to make readers laugh. And there are laughs galore in perennial favorite Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger!

Before you enter Wayside School, you should know that it’s a thirty-story building with one classroom on each floor. Mrs. Jewls teaches the class on the thirtieth story. Miss Zarves teaches the class on the nineteenth story—except there is no nineteenth story, so there is no Miss Zarves.

Understand? Good. Explain it to Calvin.

More than nine millions readers have laughed at the wacky stories of Wayside School. So what are you waiting for? Come visit Wayside School!

At a glance
Format
Pages
197
Words
24,281
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Juvenile Reader
Lexile
500L
Themes & topics
Books about schoolBooks about humorBooks about schoolsBooks about teachers
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The fine print

Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
3.3
F&P level
~N
AR points
3
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
11497
Publication
Published
March 26, 2019
First published
April 27, 1995
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780380723812

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