Sidewalk Chalk Hopscotch isnÕt exactly a memoir. It doesnÕt capture teacher and author Andy HuellerÕs life, which wouldnÕt make for an exciting plot. It does, however, attempt to capture his point of view. His stories, sometimes told as poems, grow from what he sees, hears, and experiences every day. These are the short pieces Hueller wrote alongside and for his students during five school years. (During this same five-year span, on school breaks, he was writing Dizzy Fantastic and Her Flying Bicycle, Skipping Stones at the Center of the Earth, and How I Got Rich Writing C Papers.) If you love HuellerÕs books for children and young adults, accept this ticket to a world populated by a superheroic janitor, talking fifteen-foot babies painted on the neighborÕs garage, an angst-ridden dog, and the worldÕs most spectacular wife.