After Casey Happleton tells him that if he kisses his elbow he will turn into a girl, nine-year-old Marvin experiments and finds himself very confused about his identity.
Marvin Redpost and his classmates are in for a shocking surprise when they learn the president of the United States is coming to visit their classroom.
Marvin sees a glowing green object shaped like a birthday cake in the sky one night, and two days later, a strange new boy arrives in his third-grade class.
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
Unusual things continue to happen in the clasroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidently built sideways with one classroom on each story.
A pessimistic boy thrown into a Texas juvenile detention camp on false charges embarks on a search for treasure, makes a new friend, and begins to see himself and life in a new light.
Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along.
Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along.
