Sharie

## Sharie Fast

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* Heitz
* Cartoon
* McCauley
* Schick
* Allen
* Brinckloe
* Hockerman

> Not too loud, Louis. I'm trying to get some sleep.
>
> Sharie in "Louis"

**Sharie** is a character in the *Wayside School* books. She is one of many students in Mrs. Jewls's class. She is a small girl who wears a very large overcoat, and spends most of her time in class either staring out the window or sleeping. Mrs. Jewls considers her the best student in the class.

## Appearance

Sharie is mentioned to be a very small girl, only weighing forty-five pounds (20.41 kg). She has very long eyelashes which weigh one and a half pounds (0.68 kg), and a very large overcoat that weighs thirty-five pounds (15.88 kg). The coat is red and blue in color, and is the biggest in all of Wayside School. She additionally owns a pair of yellow rain boots she wears in "Umbrella," and she wears red socks underneath. In the same chapter she is shown to own an umbrella with purple and green stripes with yellow polka-dots of various sizes.

## Personality

In "Sharie," Sharie is introduced as a girl who often does not pay attention in class, instead either staring out the window or sleeping. However, Mrs. Jewls believes that students learn better while asleep, and so she considers Sharie one of the best in her class. In *More Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School*, it is revealed not everyone agrees with her; Miss Worm, who teaches the twenty-ninth story, becomes upset when Sharie falls asleep. In "Sharie," Kathy seems to disapprove of this as well, though whether Kathy's attitude has changed after the events of "Up and Down" is unknown. There may be some weight to Mrs. Jewls claiming Sharie is one of the best students in her class, however, as in "A Million," she correctly multiplies the right number of tens when Mrs. Jewls asks how much a million is. Additionally, she solves a complicated problem in "Miss Worm Finally Understands!," though her answer is just snoring, which turns out to be correct.

Even by the standards of Wayside School, Sharie is seen to be one of the strangest kids in Mrs. Jewls's class. Upon falling out the window in "Sharie," when she wakes up, she appears unfazed, simply realizing that she's not in bed, and not in her desk. In "Leslie," when Leslie asks what toes are good for, she suggests to try sucking her own toes, and in "Another Story About Socks," Sharie is seen bringing in a hobo for school during show-and-tell. When she counts the clangs in "Umbrella," she's disappointed when they stop at eight, hoping for a porcupine.

Sharie often gets easily distracted, as is seen in "The Blue Notebook," when she fantasizes cuddling up with a cloud when she stares out the window, despite being given the objective to distract Mrs. Drazil, and in "Umbrella," when she spends so much time splashing around in the rain that she doesn't realize when class is about to start. In "After the Storm," she tells Louis that he should've used the stairs, although he slipped off the roof due to the snow. When awake, she appears to have an impressive amount of energy, as is seen when she splashes around in the puddles in "Umbrella," as well as her conversation with Mrs. Drazil from "The Blue Notebook."

## Relationships

### Louis

 File:Sharie 2004 3.PNG  In "Sharie," when she falls in Louis's arms after falling out the thirtieth story window, she jokes about how he's "always bothering her," and laughs as she hugs his neck. In "Louis," she also tells Louis to quiet down, because she's trying to sleep. She is also shown hugging Louis in "Explanation," mentioning that she can "finally get some sleep". In "After the Storm," she thanks Louis for finding her favorite umbrella, but informs that instead of sliding off the roof, he should've just taken the stairs. Since Sharie spends most of her time asleep, not very much can be inferred about her relationships, but it seems she likes having Louis around, and jokes with him fairly frequently.

### Kathy

In "Sharie," Kathy is shown to dislike Sharie, as she is seen complaining about her to Mrs. Jewls. Sharie often tosses and turns in her sleep, and since the two sit next to each other in this chapter, she often ends up on Kathy's desk. However, at the time, Kathy hated everyone anyway, so this wasn't very out of the ordinary. The two haven't been seen interacting since.

### Hobo Bob

In "Another Story About Socks," Sharie brings Hobo Bob to class as part of show and tell, and the two appear to be good friends. It's stated at the beginning of the chapter that Sharie tried to hand Hobo Bob a quarter, but Hobo Bob refused, because he never takes money from kids. Apparently Bob likes kids a lot. At the end of the chapter, Sharie helps Hobo Bob find his way out of the school. Hobo Bob is glad to receive Sharie's advice, and shakes her hand afterwards.

## Appearances

For a list of every chapter Sharie is seen in, see here.

## Trivia

* Sharie frequently appears on the covers of *Wayside School* books, appearing in the 1978 and 2019 editions of *Sideways Stories from Wayside School*, the 2003 edition of *Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger*, and the Japanese editions of both *Sideways Stories from Wayside School* and *Wayside School Is Falling Down*.

### Other designs

Sharie Allen.PNGPeter Allen design (British edition, 2004)Shari Cartoon.PNGShari as she appears in the cartoon. (2005)Sharie Kim.pngKim Jungseok design (Korean edition, 2006)Sharie Traditional Chinese.pngUnknown illustrator (Traditional Chinese edition, 2008)Sharie Kitamura.pngSatoshi Kitamura design (Japanese edition, 2010)Sharie MacPherson.pngBruce MacPherson design (*Journeys* textbook, 2014)Sharie Bitskoff.pngAleksei Bitskoff design (British edition, 2020)Sharie Bitskoff ver 2.pngAleksei Bitskoff design (British edition, 2021)
1. ↑ "Sharie"
2. ↑ "Another Story About Socks"
3. ↑ "Miss Worm"