Never Race a Runaway Pumpkin vs Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger (Wayside School #3): Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Humorous fiction, School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools, Children's fiction, Fiction

Cover of Never Race a Runaway Pumpkin

Never Race a Runaway Pumpkin Katherine Applegate · 2009 ★★★★☆ 4.1 128 pages · ≈ 2 h 22 m · Easy Find on Amazon

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Cover of Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger (Wayside School #3)

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger (Wayside School #3) Louis Sachar · 1995 ★★★★☆ 4.2 168 pages · ≈ 3 h 07 m · Easy Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.1 vs 4.2 — either is a safe pick by score.

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