Allison

— Narration in "A Bad Case of the Sillies"

* Heitz
* McCauley
* Schick
* Brinckloe
* Hockerman

**Allison** is a character in the *Wayside School* books. She is one of the many students in Mrs. Jewls's class.

## Appearance

In "Allison", she is stated to have blonde hair, sky-blue eyes, all of her teeth, and a sky-blue windbreaker which matches her eyes, but, as of "A Bad Case of the Sillies," is torn due to Ron and Deedee accidentally knocking her down three flights of stairs. In "Nose", her voice is described as like a "cat walking across a piano". Like most of the other students, however, little about her appearance is described outside of this.

## Personality

Allison is shown to be a helpful student to those who are nice to her. In "Allison," for example, she helps Louis, Miss Mush, Mrs. Jewls, and Mrs. Surlaw by returning favors they usually help her with. In "Explanation," it is mentioned that she always tries to say something nice, and is shown attempting to befriend Kathy, who at the time was usually hateful. That being said, if someone is to be mean to her, she doesn't hold back. She often will threaten those who are mean to her, such as when she threatens to knock Jason's teeth out when he teases her. She occasionally seems to act superior towards her peers, as in "Allison," it is revealed she knocked out her best friend Rondi's teeth, in "Poetry," Allison demands that Rondi picks a different color so she can write about purple, and in "Mrs. Surlaw," she repeatedly attempts to choose longer books just to have one with more pages than Jason.

Allison is oftentimes one of the most logically-minded students at Wayside School, and occasionally seems confused by some of her classmates' mannerisms. In "A Bad Case of the Sillies," she believes that if her school has no nineteenth story, that Mrs. Jewls's class should be on the twenty-ninth instead, though this turns out to be her one-way ticket to Miss Zarves's class. In the same chapter, she is seen to think that Ron and Deedee are silly when they run upstairs at full speed, and show up to class too tired to learn anything. As is seen in "Eric, Eric, and *What's-His-Name?*," she sarcastically responds to Stephen's comments that the class is halfway to a million after collecting a couple thousand nail clippings, and in "Rainbow," she is seen questioning how the other students can taste colors. However, sometimes, Allison eventually bends towards the logic of Wayside, as in "Forever is Never," she decides to run up the stairs with Ron and Deedee after a week on the nineteenth story, and in "Rainbow," she tastes more colors than any other student when she takes a bite of the rainbow stew herself.

She appears to be intelligent, as she is able to solve Mrs. Drazil's math problem in "Why the Children Decided They Had to Get Rid of Mrs. Drazil" and helps Mrs. Jewls solve a spelling problem in "Allison." In "Mrs. Surlaw," she is also revealed to enjoy reading longer novels, at least by the standards of an elementary school student, routinely picking out books in the 230 page range.

## Relationships

### Rondi

Rondi is Allison's best friend. The two are frequently seen interacting with one another, such as in "Jason," when they both get out of their seats to tickle Jason, and giggle whenever something bad continues to happen to him. The two continue teasing Jason in other chapters, like "Pencils," "A Short Chapter About a Long Book," and "Inside the Closet." In "Forever is Never," Allison greets Rondi after a long week in Miss Zarves's class on the nineteenth story, and in "Rainbow," the two eat lunch together in the cafeteria. That being said, oftentimes Allison often gets her way over Rondi, such as when she makes Rondi give up purple for her own poem in "Poetry," and how in "Allison," it is stated that Allison may have been the person that knocked Rondi's front teeth out. Additionally, their friendship has been put under pressure by the Cloud of Doom on at least one instance, as is seen in "The Unbreakables." Despite all of this, they seem to remain friends.

### Jason

    Jason is constantly teasing Allison, presumably because of how pretty she is. As such, Allison seems to dislike Jason, laughing when he gets in trouble and feeling like he's a show-off in "A Bad Case of the Sillies, though in the same chapter he thinks that she loves him or he hates him which is true." In "Mrs. Surlaw," she gets annoyed when Jason picks a longer book than her, and repeatedly tries to outpace him. However, when he winds up picking a 999 page long book, she winds up teasing him, as is seen in "A Short Chapter About a Long Book," "The Best Principal Ever!!!," and "Inside the Closet." In "Recess," it is revealed Jason has a crush on Allison and that Allison likes being chased by Jason, but it is unknown if they are in any sort of romantic relationship. In "Forever is Never," Allison cries when she thinks about all the students in her class, including him, and at the end of the chapter, it says that Allison doesn't want to miss a thing Jason does. Also, in "Why Boys and Girls Are Silly," Jason and Stephen are the two boys Allison is willing to invite over to her birthday party.

### Kathy

Throughout the first three books, Allison tries to be nice to Kathy. In "Kathy," Allison hands her a cookie in an attempt to be nice. However, Kathy only eats it three weeks later when it's dusty and stale, so she still hates Allison. However, Allison never gives up. In "Why Boys and Girls Are Silly," Allison invites every girl in class to her birthday party, which would include Kathy, and in "Explanation," Allison still compliments Kathy after she attempts to insult her. After Kathy becomes nice in "Up and Down," it appears that the feeling is now mutual, as Kathy and Allison are seen agreeing that they enjoy pistachios in "What's the Point?" However, the two have not been seen interacting much since this point.

### Mark Miller

In "A Wonderful Teacher" and "Forever is Never," Allison befriends Mark Miller, a student in Miss Zarves's class on the nineteenth story. The two get along, as they seem to be the only students focused on escaping. The two talk every eleven hours during the two-minute breaks they are given. At the end of "Forever is Never," Mark encourages her when she misbehaves in Miss Zarves's class in an attempt to escape. They meet again in "The Lost Ear," showing that at some point, Mark has been sent out of Miss Zarves's classroom.

## Appearances

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

## Trivia

* She is not in the cartoon, alongside Benjamin, Calvin, D.J., Dameon, Deedee, Jason, Kathy, Mac, Paul, Ron, Terrence, and Sue.
* In the British edition of *Sideways Stories from Wayside School*, a few illustrations depict her with brown hair rather than blonde hair. Her proper hair color is seen in "Allison" and subsequent books in the series.
* Allison's favorite color is purple
* Allison loves monsters.
* Pistachios are Allison's third favorite nut.

### Other designs

Peter Allen design (British edition, 2004)Unknown illustrator (Traditional Chinese edition, 2008)Satoshi Kitamura design (Japanese edition, 2010)Unknown illustrator (Simplified Chinese edition, 2012)Ramona Bruno design (Italian edition, 2021)
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Allison"
2. ↑ "Jason"
3. ↑ "Poetry"
4. ↑ "The Closet That Wasn't There"
5. ↑ "What's the Point?"