Wayside School is Falling Down
4 edition
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| Author | Louis Sachar |
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| Illustrator | Joel Schick (first edition) Adam McCauley (second edition) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Sideways Stories From Wayside School |
| Subject | the school is falling down |
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Publisher |
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard (HarperCollins imprint) |
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Publication date
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March 22, 1989 |
| Media type | Print (in Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 179 pp (1st edition hardcover) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
| OCLC | 17620889 |
| LC Class | PZ7.S1185 Way 1989 |
| Preceded by | Sideways Stories From Wayside School (1978) |
| Followed by | Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger (1995) |
Wayside School is Falling Down is an 1989 children's novel by American author Louis Sachar, and the second book in his Wayside School series. Like its predecessor, it contains 30 chapters, although some chapters are interconnected in a more narrative form rather than as separate stories, as is the case for its predecessor. The title comes from the title of the favorite song of one character, Kathy, in the tune of London Bridge Is Falling Down, during the course of the book. The novel revolves around three main storylines: first is the introduction of a new student, Benjamin Nushmutt, while another involves Miss Zarves, the teacher of the nonexistent 19th-floor class. The thirtieth and final story-line, told in the final chapter of the book, ends in a cliffhanger.
1. A Package For Mrs. Jewls: Louis brings a package containing a computer meant for Mrs. Jewls up to her classroom. She then drops it out the window as part of the lesson she’s teaching on gravity.
2. Mark Miller: A nervous new student named Benjamin Nushmutt joins Mrs. Jewls' class. Because he feels ashamed of his name, he eventually convinces himself that it's actually Mark Miller. Louis brings in Benjamin's lunch and must leave it on the teacher’s desk since there’s apparently no one to claim it.
3. Bebe’s Baby Brother: Bebe writes nasty notes on her homework about Mrs. Jewls and blames it on her nonexistent younger brother Ray Gunn. He actually is later revealed to be on the nineteenth floor, but there is no nineteenth floor.
4. Homework: Mac disrupts Mrs. Jewls' lesson on decimals with a wild story about him mismatching and losing his socks. Next, he disrupts a lesson on dinosaurs with stories about watermelons. In the end, Mrs. Jewls gives up and assigns extra homework, which Mac complains about to Nancy.
5. Another Story About Socks: Sharie brings in a hobo named Bob for show-and-tell. Bob tells a little bit about his life story and expresses a distaste for socks due to once winning a spelling bee without wearing any. When he leaves, the students take this notion to heart right before their weekly spelling test.
6. Pigtails: Paul struggles with his desire to pull Leslie’s pigtails. When she announces that she’s getting her hair trimmed soon and promises to save him some split ends, Paul gets excited enough to knock himself out the window. Finding no other means to reel him back in, Leslie extends Paul her pigtails to save his life.
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