Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar

And then there are those who were destined to be influenced by the outrageous, ridiculous, and sublime, and their rallying point is the fantastic cast of Wayside School. Man” books (mr happy, mr bump, mr greedy) which always delivered some pointless life lesson about sharing, caring, or other similar nonsense. Those who would grow up to be truly unexceptional enjoyed those 10-page “Mr. Others have a deep-rooted sense of ‘self’ from cherishing the trails and tribulations of some chick named Margaret menstruating and masturbating. For some it might be some garbage about a brat named Ramona and her ginger-kid friends, and these people embrace a passion for whimsy and camaraderie. If you want to see exactly what rests at the center of someone’s soul, don’t bother reading a 200-page biography on them ask them what was the first book ever to make an impression on them that lasted into their adulthood. She was the inspiration behind the counselor in There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom. When he first met her, she was a counselor at an elementary school. Then his books started selling well enough so that he was able to quit practicing law. For the next eight years he worked part-time as a lawyer and continued to try to write children's books. His first book was published while he was in law school. He attended Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. Almost a year later, he was fired from the job. He was working at a sweater warehouse during the day and wrote at night.

The next year, he wrote his first book, Sideways Stories from Wayside School. He went to college at the University of California at Berkeley and graduated in 1976, as an economics major. When he was nine, he moved to Tustin, California. Louis was born in East Meadow, New York, in 1954. Louis Sachar (pronounced Sacker), born March 20, 1954, is an American author of children's books.

Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar