Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger facts for kids
First edition cover.
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| Author | Louis Sachar |
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| Genre | Children's literature |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
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Publication date
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April 27, 1995 |
| Media type | Print (in Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 166 pp (1st edition hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0-380-72381-6 (USA paperback) |
| OCLC | 34175867 |
| Preceded by | More Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School (1994) |
| Followed by | Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom (2020) |
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger is a 1995 children's short story cycle novel by American author Louis Sachar, and the third book in his Wayside School series.
Plot
Substitute teachers
Mr. Gorf
Mr. Gorf was the son of Mrs. Gorf, who tormented the students before being turned into an apple and eaten. He was born. He was never married, causing his students to think he wasn't related to Mrs. Gorf. He had three nostrils in his nose—the middle one had the power to steal people's voices and make them his own. He was so spiteful about the children taking his mother away that he used their voices to call their mothers and insult them. He then lost his own voice, along with the others, when he sneezed them all out, ultimately sneezing his own nose off. The voice he used when he first appeared was stolen from a Scotsman 20 years prior, and his real voice sounds like a French donkey with a sore throat. Even the Scotsman's voice is returned when Mr. Gorf loses his nose. His last name is ¨Frog¨ spelled backwords.
Mrs. Drazil
Mrs. Drazil is a sub.. She keeps a blue journal of all the troublesome students she's had since she started teaching decades ago. She treats the Wayside School students nicely, but not her former students (including Louis). Her last name is "Lizard" spelled backwards.
Ms. Wendy Nogard
Wendy has an ear on top of her head that can hear thoughts. When she was dumped by her boyfriend Xavier, she began to make everyone's life miserable. After listening to the thoughts of Mrs. Jewls' newborn child, she has a change of heart. She also falls in love with Louis and shows everyone her third ear. Louis says that he loves her too; she doesn't have to hear his thoughts, as she can see it in his eyes. Her last name is "Dragon" spelled backwards.
