Louis Sachar

It was the Slimer half of the Slimer and Real Ghostbusters cartoon.

And you need more Louis Sachar and Sideways Stories from Wayside School in your life.

Okay.

Actually, y- yeah, when you're reading stories to, um, to Pippa, Sideways Stories from Wayside School needs to be on the list.

Once that slot was filled, the other clues become a lot easier.

There's also this book called Sideways Math from Wayside School that's from Louis Sacher, like instead of Sideways Stories from Wayside School.

Sideways Math does a lot of this with pre-algebra, using words to add up letters like elf plus elf equals fool, and so you fill in numbers that represent the letters.

Really, really good for pre-algebra.

None of this is working.

Holes by Louis Sachar.

S-A-C-H-A-R. I've never read this book.

Is it absurd to do a book club on a book that I've never read? Yeah, but guess what? I've also done it before.