Episode 207 brings us back to Louis Sachar’s Wayside School — more specifically, to his 1989 novel Wayside School Is Falling Down. Will this installment get a warmer reception from Alli than the first book in the series? Listen and find out! The conversation touches on representation, identity development, bathroom humor, Book Tok, existential dread, darkness in kid lit, the importance of names, critiques of the K-12 school system, and more.

Denise Williams is the author of How to Fail at Flirting, The Fastest Way to Fall, and Do You Take This Man. Follow her on Instagram (@nicwillwrites) and Twitter (@nicwillwrites).

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