Louis Sachar’sSideways Stories From Wayside Schoolseries is still a favorite of elementary - age kids , decades after the first account book hit the shelves . Each of the three books feature 30 chapters – one for each level of the Wayside School edifice – and each chapter ( usually ) features one student . Here are a few facts about each of the 30 students in Mrs. Jewls ' family on the 30th chronicle .
1 . Allisonwas once stuck in Miss Zarves ' form on the 19th floor for a week after she question whether Mrs. Jewls ' category was really on the twenty-ninth base , since the 19th story does n’t exist . ( Sorry . ) She knocked out Rondi ’s endearing front teeth .
2 . Bebe Gunn ’s piffling brother Ray is immobilize on the nineteenth account . ( He ’s there because she made him up , and like a quite a little of thing that do n’t exist , he ’s in Miss Zarves ' class . ) Bebe Gunn is the fast draftsman in social class ; she can knock out a picture of a peak in under 8 second .
3 . Benjamin Nushmuttis call Mark Miller by everyone in class because he was too unsure to redress Mrs. Jewls when she first introduce him . A student named Mark Miller is in Miss Zarves ' form , but everyone calls him Benjamin Nushmutt . He has no musical theme why .
4 . Calvinhas a tattoo of a potato , and is beneficial Quaker and drawing partners with Bebe . He has a computed tomography named Mrs. Jewls . He was once sent to deliver a promissory note to the nineteenth taradiddle , but Mrs. Jewls ( the teacher ) forget to give him the note , and he did n’t get it on how to regain the 19th news report because it does n’t exist . ( Sorry . ) So he blend in back to class , where Mrs. Jewls ( the instructor ) thank him for being such a good assistant .
5 . Dameonruns up and down the stairs a bunch , and is in sexual love with Mrs. Jewls . Joy once stole his lunch and lie about it , then gave him hers when her mum drop it off .
6 . Danaowns a dog nominate Pugsy , who was instrumental in Myron ’s demotion from Class President . When she derive to class with a ridiculous issue of mosquito bites , Mrs. Jewls turns Dana ’s mosquito bite into number so they wo n’t scratch anymore .
7 . Deedeeloves play so much that she disguises herself as a dead skunk ( Mrs. Jewls ' least favorite affair ) so she ’ll get tossed out of the window at recess , giving her a jump on snag one of the coveted green balls , which bounce the high .
8 . D.J.has a dog named O.K. D.J. is super - well-chosen all the clip . His good champion is Dameon , but he gets along with everyone because he ’s just so felicitous . ( He says no explanation is involve to be happy . Kid ’s onto something . )
9 . Eric Baconis the boney small fry in course . Everyone hollo him Fatso , because all Erics are rich . He may have been the left - handed Eric who call Miss Zarves the school principal , Mr. Kidswatter , a mugworm griblick . He ’s a pretty great breakdancer , too , but he breaks thing when he dance so breakdancing is ban at Wayside . His pawl ’s name is Billy .
10 . Eric Fryis the fattest fry in class , and the skillful athlete ( even though he once drop the ball during a game ) . Everyone call him Butterfingers , because all Erics are terrible at sports . He has a stooge diagnose Billy .
11 . Eric Ovensis the nicest kid in class . Everyone calls him Crabapple , because all Erics are bad-tempered . His cat ’s name is Billy .
12 . Jasonis in dear with Allison . He has a large mouth ( literally ) and chews on pencils all the time . His tooth doctor is a cozenage creative person who extracts healthy tooth for extra money . Jason was once stuck to his professorship , thanks to a wad of glue place there by Joy . Joy kiss his nose and made him fall over , which freed him from his chairwoman .
13 . Jennywears a helmet to class , for which she is always later . Jenny is famous for turn the evil Mrs. Gorf into an Malus pumila ( by hold up a mirror as Mrs. Gorf sample to turn her into an orchard apple tree ) and for coming to shoal on a Saturday , where she encounters the world with attache cases .
14 . Joecan’t reckon but he always gets the proper answer on math problems . One twenty-four hours he arouse up and is able to weigh utterly , and then he announce that he has 55,006 hair’s-breadth on his head . ( All curly , as fans will remember . )
15 . Johnsees the blackboard upside - down , which is a job because Mrs. Jewls only writes right - side - up . Dana is afraid she has a crunch on him . After trying to acquire to stand on his head , John discovers that he can take right - side - up …. but now everything else is upside - down .
16 . Joyis a dejeuner thief . She does n’t screw why she does it , but she feel so guilty after steal Dameon ’s tiffin that , for a whole class , every point she took from him tastes like Miss Mush ’s cooking . ( So , the worst ever . ) She likes Todd ’s lunches specially , but has also been bonk to take Maurecia ’s methamphetamine cream . Joy is never punished herself , but manage to get other students in trouble in nearly every chapter .
17 . Kathyis a tremendous kid who does n’t like anyone but Sammy . The reasonableness she hat everyone else are really specific , but she also hat the soul say the Wayside Koran .
18 . Lesliehas long pigtails , which Paul like to pull . Leslie ’s toe are useless to her , so she judge to sell them to Louis ( the schoolyard instructor ) . He wo n’t pay full Mary Leontyne Price , but offers to pass them along to Miss Mush to make little blistering hotdog from . She decline , because she ’d really wish to get at least 50 cents for her toes . When Louis offers to corrupt her pigtails , Leslie is aghast . " Cut my hair ! Are you screwball ? "
19 . Macwas once named Nancy , which was terrible for him because he was a male child . Nancy traded figure with a girl name Mac , who later became his lady friend . He also named his wienerwurst Mac .
20.Everyone lovesMaurecia(except Kathy ) , and Maurecia loves ice emollient and Todd ( but only secretly ) . After trying every flavor of Methedrine cream , her love for it vanish . But she still ( secretly ) have it away Todd .
21 . Myronis the only person ever courageous enough to attempt Miss Mush ’s Mushroom Surprise . ( The surprise was that he like it . ) He does not like dancing the tango in Mrs. Waloosh ’s category , though , which the other students think is crazy . After Myron was recent for schoolhouse because he rescue Dana ’s dog on the way , he is demoted from his function as Class President .
22 . Paulpulls Leslie ’s pigtail every single solar day . First one , then the other . Despite this , Paul and Leslie are best friends .
23 . Ronis the worst kickball player in school . No one will play with him , except the sentence Louis make up one’s mind to give it a go . They were defeat two days in a run-in .
24.Rondi ’s best feature is her front dentition , according to everyone . Her best acquaintance Allison perforate them out . When Rondi ’s front teeth come back in , no one thinks she ’s cute any longer .
25 . Sammyhas a bad attitude and wear a bunch of waterproof to class . He ’s so rude and smells so terrible that only Kathy , the hateful girl in school , actually likes him . It is revealed that Sammy is actually a beat scab , Mrs. Jewls ' least favorite thing , and she flip him out .
26 . Shariehas very , very tenacious eyelashes and a non - stop life , so she wears an enormous coat to class , which she sleeps inside of during class . She hang out of the construction once , only to have Louis save her at the last possible present moment .
27 . Stephenis a born blonde who take in a trivial too much puddle time , turning his hair immature from the chlorinated water . He always wears a bad rig , and is the only bookman to clothe up for Halloween ( because it fall down on a Sunday that yr ) . When Pet Day comes around in the third book , Stephen does n’t have a pet . He names an orange Fido and brings that instead .
28 . Terrenceis really bad at playing ball , so he kicks it over the fencing whenever he has a chance . in secret , he really want to play , but his reputation as a bully is better than being the raw Ron of kickball , so he hold it up even though he does n’t actually want to be meanspirited .
29.PoorToddgets in trouble every day , but it ’s never his break . As a answer , he break home on the kindergarten busbar at noon , and has no estimation what hap in course from 12 to 2 . Maurecia is in love with him , but talks ill about him when he is n’t around , which is every afternoon .
30.A daughter namedSueis featured in a twirl - off book , Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School , but never seem in the three novel . She ca n’t understand Mrs. Jewls ' method acting for doing math , and no one in class can infer her " normal " way of doing mathematics . Mrs. Jewls ultimately paint a picture Sue strain a different school .
My favourite student was Sammy . Do you have a favorite Wayside write up ? Or better yet , a potato tattoo ?
