Sachar, Louis

When Marvin Redpost's new friend Casey shares with him her magic crystal that can make wishes come true, things get out of control.

"Two middle-grade kids take a shortcut home from school and discover what looks like fuzzy mud but is actually a substance with the potential to wreak havoc on the entire world"--Provided by publisher.

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 hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.

Red-haired Marvin is convinced that the reason he looks different from the rest of his family is that he is really the lost prince of Shampoon.

Red-haired Marvin is convinced that the reason he looks different from the rest of his family is that he is really the lost prince of Shampoon.

Follows the strange adventures of Mrs. Jewis' class at the structurally and educationally unsound Wayside School, including Todd's acquisition of a magic dog that saves him from trouble, and Ron's daring stab at the cafeteria's mushroom surprise.

Marvin Redpost begins to worry when Casey Happleton claims that kissing his elbow will transform Marvin into a girl.

More humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, where students learn to tango, face the cafeteria's dreaded mushroom surprise, and study a hobo during show-and-tell.

Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.