#11 in Short stories
Sideways Stories From Wayside School
- 128
- Pages
- about 2.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Sideways Stories From Wayside School” is a short, gleefully absurd story cycle that adults still remember fondly from their own childhood. Its brief chapters fill 128 light pages; some parents who read it with very young children report that the children enjoy it without following everything. Some adults returning to it find the humour odder than they recalled and a few of its storylines unsettling. It is the first of six Wayside School books.
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About the book
Sideways Stories from Wayside School is a 1978 children's short story cycle novel by American author Louis Sachar, and the first book in the Wayside School series.
Reading order · Wayside School
Full order & progress →- Sideways Stories From Wayside SchoolThis book
8.08.0 / 10 - Wayside School is Falling Down
8.08.0 / 10 - Wayside School Gets a Little StrangerStart here
8.08.0 / 10 - Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom
–Not ranked yet - Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School
–Not ranked yet - More Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School
–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 209 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 59% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Short stories average of 7.8. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.9 | 27 | 13% |
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 182 | 87% |
Frequently asked
How long is Sideways Stories From Wayside School?
It has 128 pages — shorter than 84% of the ranked books in Short stories.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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