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Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School (Wayside School #2.5)
112 pages
A delightfully absurd collection of brain-teasers that disguises logic and math as pure, zany fun.
What it feels like
Reading this feels like stepping into a bizarre classroom where the laws of physics, mathematics, and common sense have been gleefully suspended. It is a brisk, brain-bending experience that marries the deadpan absurdity of classic Wayside lore with genuinely clever logic puzzles and lateral thinking exercises. The prose is simple, snappy, and highly conversational, delivering utterly nonsensical premises like adding words together or calculating the exact badness of cafeteria food with a perfectly straight face. The mood is lighthearted and zany throughout, creating a cheerful atmosphere where initial confusion is just the first step toward a highly satisfying moment of clarity. It is perfect for curious, riddle-loving readers who appreciate unconventional problem-solving and want their brain teasers served with a generous side of surreal, laugh-out-loud humor.
- Mood
- lighthearted
- brain-bending
- cheerful
- wacky
- Tone
- absurd
- playful
- deadpan
- wry
- zany
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- lateral thinking · the absurdity of school · joy of logic · playful learning
- The writing
- Simple, snappy, and highly conversational, delivering utterly nonsensical premises with a perfectly straight face.
- The arc
- Moves from delightful confusion to the satisfying click of solving a bizarre puzzle.
- Who it's for
- Curious kids and riddle-lovers who enjoy a healthy dose of absurdity mixed with their brain teasers.
About the book
Why does elf + elf = fool? How many meals will Miss Mush, the lunch teacher, have to cook for the food to taste as bad as it smells? This book is packed full of brain teasers and maths puzzles and all the wacky pupils from Wayside School to help you find the logical solutions to all the problems.
Kids will have fun solving more than 50 mathematical brain teasers while reading this great collection of stories from Wayside School--where students laugh as much as they learn.
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