 First edition | |
| Author | Louis Sachar |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Tim Heitz |
| Language | English |
| Series | Wayside School |
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Children's Books |
Publication date | March 3, 2020[1] |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (in Hardcover) |
| Pages | 192 |
| ISBN | 978-0-06-296538-7 |
| Preceded by | Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger (1995) |
Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom is a 2020 children's short story cycle novel by American author Louis Sachar. It is the fourth book in the main Wayside School series, and the sixth book overall.
The book is set in the titular Wayside School, an elementary school that was accidentally built sideways, being thirty stories tall with one classroom on each floor, but without a nineteenth story. The book focuses on the school as the Cloud of Doom, a large gloomy storm cloud, settles above the school, inciting bouts of anxiety and depression in the students. In an interview with The Washington Post, Louis Sachar explains that the story was inspired by various factors in the modern world that have been causing him stress, including global warming, his mother's battle with Alzheimer's disease, and the election of Donald Trump.[2]
- ^ "Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom - Louis Sachar - Hardcover". HarperCollins. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ Haupt, Angela (26 February 2020). "Louis Sachar returns to wacky Wayside School more than 40 years after 'Sideways Stories'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 April 2020.