Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger is a 1995 children's short story cycle novel by American author Louis Sachar, and the third book in his "Wayside School" series. Substitute teachers. Mr. Gorf. Mr. Gorf was the son of Mrs. Gorf (who tormented the students before being turned into an apple and eaten).He was never married, causing his students to think he wasn't related to Mrs. Gorf. He had three nostrils in his nose—the middle one had the power to steal people's voices and make them his own. He was so  spiteful about the children taking his mother away that he used their voices to call their mothers and insult them. He then lost his own voice, along with the others, when he sneezed them all out, ultimately sneezing his own nose off. The voice he used when he first appeared was stolen from a Scotsman 20 years prior, and his real voice sounds like a French donkey with a sore throat. Even the Scotsman's voice is returned when Mr. Gorf loses his nose. His last name is ¨Frog¨ spelled backwards. Mrs. Drazil. Mrs. Drazil keeps a blue journal of  all the troublesome students she's had since she started teaching decades ago. She treats the Wayside School students nicely, but not her former students (including Louis). Her last name is "Lizard" spelled backwards. Ms. Wendy Nogard. Wendy has an ear on top of her head that can hear thoughts. When she was dumped by her boyfriend Xavier, she began to make everyone's life miserable. After listening to the thoughts of Mrs. Jewls' newborn child, she has a change of heart. She also falls in love with Louis and shows everyone her third ear. Louis says that he loves  her too; she doesn't have to hear his thoughts, as she can see it in his eyes. Her last name is "Dragon" spelled backwards.