More Books by Louis Sachar

There's a Boy in the Girls Bathroom
Recommended Age Range: 9 to 12
An unmanageable, but lovable, eleven-year-old misfit learns to believe in himself when he gets to know the new school counselor, who is a sort of misfit too.

Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Recommended Age Range: 9 to 12
There'd been a terrible mistake. Wayside School was supposed to be built with thirty classrooms all next to each other in a row. Instead, they built the classrooms one on top of the other...thirty stories tall! (The builder said he was very sorry.) That may be why all kinds of funny things happen at Wayside School...especially on the thirtieth floor. You've got to read it to find out!

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger
Recommended Age Range: 8 to 11
The long-awaited sequel to the megaselling Sideways Stories from Wayside School and Wayside School Is Falling Down. Strange occurrences continue at the always peculiar Wayside School. The mystery begins when Mrs. Jewls starts leaving her students with a succession of substitute teachers and no one really knows why.

Dogs Don't Tell Jokes
Recommended Age Range: 12 and up
Twelve-year-old jokester Gary Boone knows he was born to be a comedian, it's the kids in his class who think he's just a goon. Winning the school talent show would be Gary's dream come true, but on the big night his dream nearly backfires--with hilarious results.

Sixth Grade Secrets
Recommended Age Range: 9 to 12
When Laura Sibbie starts a club called Pig City, she incites a near-war among her sixth-grade classmates and generates the creation of a rival club that has designs on Pig City's precious box of secrets.

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