[UA] Re: UA digest, Vol 1 #546 - 17 msgs

[John C]

> > William Sleator has also written some genuinely disturbing books for 
>childen
> > -- and it's a lot easier to find his books.  _Others See Us_, _House of
> > Stairs_, _Beasties_...good stuff.
>
>I remember a children's book called Sideways Stories from Wayside school,
>or something like that, don't know the author.  There's a scene where a
>new kid comes in an he is wearing a smelly raincoat.  The teacher makes
>him take it off, but there is another raincoat, so she makes him take
>that off.  This happens again and again, the smell getting worse each
>time, until they remove the final raincoat and there is nothing but a
>dead rat.  The teacher says "dead rats aren't allowed in the classroom"
>and throws it out the window.

You have title right, and the author is Louis Sachar -- also the author of 
_Holes_ the 1999 Newbery winner and a fantastic book.  I take great pleasure 
in knowing that the Sachar books (especially the "Wayside School" series) 
are incredibly popular with kids, even the very reluctant readers.

John Crimmins                     john1x at hotmail.com
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   "Yes, I am acquainted with Mr. DePalma," Dr. Hsu said.  "He was
my pupil years ago.  A young man not without talent, but slapdash,
and huckle-muckle in his worksmanship."
   "What did you say?" the mayor asked.
   "He's a jerk," Dr. Hsu Ting Feng said.
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