A review by parahserez
Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom by Louis Sachar

3.0

I read this book to my students this year (1st, 2nd & 3rd graders). I had previously read the original three Wayside School books to them - they were so clever and entertaining. My students loved them and I appreciated the absurd humor just as much. I have to say I was disappointed in the fourth installment. Since this book is written 40 years after the first book - I was so curious to see how the author would revisit these stories/characters after so much time. The book fell flat for me - my students enjoyed the silly characters but I felt it was lacking a lot of the wittiness and cohesiveness of the previous books.