Louis Sachar Books In Order

Holes Books In Publication Order

  1. Holes (1998)
  2. Stanley Yelnats’ Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake (2002)
  3. Small Steps (2006)

Marvin Redpost Books In Publication Order

  1. Kidnapped at Birth? (1992)
  2. Why Pick on Me? (1993)
  3. Is He a Girl? (1993)
  4. Alone in His Teacher’s House (1994)
  5. Class President (1999)
  6. Flying Birthday Cake? (1999)
  7. Super Fast, Out of Control! (2000)
  8. A Magic Crystal? (2000)

Someday Angeline Books In Publication Order

  1. Someday Angeline (1983)
  2. Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes (1991)

Wayside School Books In Publication Order

  1. Sideways Stories from Wayside School (1978)
  2. Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School (1989)
  3. Wayside School Is Falling Down (1989)
  4. More Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School (1994)
  5. Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger (1995)
  6. Beneath the Cloud of Doom (2020)
  7. Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom (2020)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. Johnny’s in the Baseme*nt (1981)
  2. There’s A Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom (1987)
  3. Sixth Grade Secrets (1987)
  4. The Boy Who Lost His Face (1989)
  5. The Cardturner (2010)
  6. Fuzzy Mud (2015)

Picture Books In Publication Order

  1. Pig City (1987)

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Louis Sachar Books Overview

Holes

A darkly humorous tale of crime and punishmentStanley Yelnat’s family has a history of bad luck, so he isn’t too surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to a boys’ juvenile detention center, Camp Green Lake. There is no lake it has been dry for over a hundred years and it’s hardly a camp. As punishment, the boys must each dig a hole a day, five feet deep, five feet across, in the hard earth of the dried up lake bed. The warden claims that this pointless labor builds character, but she is really using the boys to dig for loot buried by the Wild West outlaw Kissin’ Kate Barlow. The story of Kissin’ Kate, and of a curse put on Stanley’s great great grandfather by a one legged gypsy, weaves a narrative puzzle that tangles and untangles, until it becomes clear that the hand of fate has been at work in the lives of the characters and their forebears for generations. With this wonderfully inventive, compelling novel that is both serious and funny, Louis Sachar has written his best book to date. Holes is a 1998 New York Times Book Review Notable Children’s Book of the Year and the winner of the 1998 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the 1999 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Fiction and the 1999 Newbery Medal.

Stanley Yelnats’ Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake

Imagine your misfortune if, like Stanley Yelnats, you found yourself the victim of a miscarriage of justice and interned in Camp Green Lake Correctional Institute. How would you survive? Thoughtfully Louis Sachar has learnt his knowledge and expertise to the subject and created this wonderful, quirky, and utterly essential guide to toughing it out in the Texan desert. Spiced with lots of information about the characters in ‘Holes’, as well as lots of do’s and don’ts for survival, this is an essential book for all those hundreds of thousands of ‘Holes” fans.

Small Steps

Small Steps is a hip young adult novel from Louis Sachar, the New York Times bestselling author of the Newbery Award winning smash hit phenomenon book and movie/DVD sensation HOLES. Two years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is home in Austin, Texas, trying to turn his life around. But it’s hard when you have a record and everyone expects the worst from you. The only person who believe in Armpit is Ginny, his ten year old disabled neighbor. Together, they are learning to take Small Steps. Armpit seems to be on the right path until X Ray, a buddy from Camp Green Lake, comes up with a get rich quick scheme. X Ray’s plan leads to a chance encounter with teen pop sensation Kaira DeLeon, and suddenly Armpit’s life spins out of control. Only one thing is certain: he’ll never be the same again. Combining his signature wit with a unique blend of adventure and deeply felt characters, Sachar explores issues of race, the nature of celebrity, the invisible connections that shape a person’s life, and what it takes to stay the course. Doing the right thing is never a wrong choice but always a small step in right direction.

Kidnapped at Birth?

Marvin lives in a grey house with a white fence a white fence with all but one red post. He has red hair and blue eyes. He is also left handed. ‘We’re lucky to be left handed,’ said Mrs. North. ‘It means we have royal blood.’ One day, at school, while writing a report, Marvin realises that nothing adds up. His parents have brown hair and they have brown eyes. Can he really be Marvin Redpost? Or is he, in fact, the lost son of the King of Shampoon Prince Robert? Was he whisked away from the hospital at birth and are the Redposts really his kidnappers? Marvin sets out to get things straight. There are a lot of perks to being a prince and it’s all very tempting but Marvin soon realises that sometimes the truth isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Louis Sachar writes with pace and humour and heart. In this, the first in a series of eight books, he introduces strong and memorable characters in his unique and inimitable style.

Why Pick on Me?

Illus. in black and white. Marvin is shunned by his classmates, best friends, and teacher after he is unfairly fingered as a nose picker by the class bully. ‘It will be an underground classic, an easy reader that kids are dying to read.’ starred Bulletin, Center for Children’s Books.

Is He a Girl?

Marvin Redpost is yet again caught in a dilemma. It all begins one sleepless night when he twists and he turns in his bed, his arms and legs get all caught up and then smack! He lands a kiss right on his elbow. Now he really can’t sleep. He’s on the turn. His voice starts to change, he longs to have pigtails and he even dots his ‘i’s with a heart in class! What on earth has happened to Marvin and will he ever be the same again? This is a charming story, which will give you lots of laughs. Louis Sachar has the ability to bring together the absurd and the real with the perfect ingredients to entertain all children aged 6 8 years.

Alone in His Teacher’s House

Illus. in black and white. Marvin’s friends think he’s the luckiest boy in the world when his teacher asks him to dog sit for a week. He gets to be alone in Mrs. North’s house! But pretty soon it starts to look as if Marvin is not so lucky after all…
.’This title will lure the most reluctant readers, who will be as glad to make Marvin’s acquaintance as his old fans will be to greet a new adventure.’ Bulletin, Center for Children’s Books.

Class President

Today is Thursday. Today is ‘hole’ day. So, naturally, everyone is wearing their ‘holiest’ clothes. Even the class teacher, Mrs North…
But she is soon to find out from Principal McCabe that a surprise visitor is coming to the school. In fact, the President of the United States is on his way. And there’s no time to change! What questions will Marvin get to ask the President? And, with all the television cameras pointed, will he solve his biggest maths problem to date? This book is full of surprises but, yet again, Louis Sachar delivers a thoughtful and vibrantly funny story in this, the fifth of the series.

Flying Birthday Cake?

Marvin and Stuart get to sleep over at Nick Tuffle’s house for Nick s birthday. They set out sleeping bags in the Tuffles backyard. Stuart and Nick fall right to sleep, but Marvin tosses and turns. Then he hears a noise, and something glowing zooms over his head. Is it really a Flying Birthday Cake?? Or something else? The next day, a very strange new kid shows up at school…
. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Super Fast, Out of Control!

Many have tried to master the slippery slopes of Suicide Hill on their bikes. Marvin’s older brother has conquered the hill, but Marvin has steered clear. Until now. The word at school is that Marvin will be taking on the hill with his new mountain bike. But the truth is, he can barely climb on the seat! And the gears forget about it. How did he suddenly become a daredevil? Does he have to go through with it to prove himself? If Marvin makes it, he’ll be a hero. If not, his friends and family may catch the biggest wipeout in history!

A Magic Crystal?

When Marvin Redpost agrees to go over to Casey Happleton’s house, he doesn’t know what he’s in for. Casey shows him the magic crystal she has just found and offers to give Marvin a few wishes. Is the crystal really magic? Or is it too good to be true?

Someday Angeline

Nobody understands why Angeline is so smart. She could read the first time she picked up a book, she can play the piano without ever having had a lesson, and she even knows what the weather is going to be. But being smart is causing Angeline nothing but trouble. The mean kids in school call her a freak, her teacher finds her troublesome, and even her own father doesn’t know what to do with an eight year old girl who seems to be a genius. Angeline doesn’t want to be either a genius or a freak. She just wants the chance to be herself and be happy. But it’s only when she makes friends with a boy the kids call ‘Goon’ and the teacher they call ‘Mr. Bone’ that Angeline gets that chance.

Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes

Twelve year old jokester Gary Boone knows he was born to be a comedian, it’s

the kids in his class who think he’s just a goon. Winning the school talent

show would be Gary’s dream come true, but on the big night his dream nearly

backfires with hilarious results. ‘With its strong, realistic

characterization, Sachar’s gracefully told story will please his longtime fans

and gain him new followers as well’ Publishers Weekly.

An IRA/CBC Children’s Choice.

Sideways Stories from Wayside School

A Crazy Mixed up School. There’d been a terrible mistake. Wayside School was supposed to be built with thirty classrooms one on top of the other…
thirty stories tall! The builder said he was very sorry. That may be why all kinds of funny things happen at Wayside SChool…
especially on the thirteenth floor. You’ll meet Mrs. Gorf, the meanest teacher of all, terrible Todd, who always gets sent home early, and John who can read only upside down along with all the other kids in the crazy mix up school that came out sideways. But you’ll never guess the truth about Sammy, the new kid…
or what’s in store for Wayside School on Halloween!There was a terrible mistake Wayside School was built with one classroom on top of another, thirty stories high! The builder said he was sorry. Maybe that’s why all kinds of funny things happened at Wayside especially on the thirteenth floor.

Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School

Why does elf elf = fool? How many meals will Miss Mush, the lunch teacher, have to cook for the food to taste as bad as it smells? These Sideways Arithmetic problems may look puzzling at first, but you can use real maths to solve them, and the answers are perfectly logical. There are lots of clues and hints; plus, all the answers are in the back of the book. Best of all, all the kids you read about in Sideways Stories from Wayside School are here to help you! Try solving these, and more than fifty other maths brainteasers, along with the kids from Mrs. Jewls’ class. You’ll learn alot about maths but you’ll be laughing too much to notice!

Wayside School Is Falling Down

More fun inThe Wacky World ofWayside School’Watch closely,’ said Mrs. Jewls. ‘You can learn much faster using a computer instead of paper and pencil.’ Then she pushed the new computer out the window The children all watched it fall thirty floors and smash against the sidewalk. ‘See?’ said Mrs. Jewls. ‘That’s gravity! I’ve been trying to teach you about gravity, but the computer showed you a lot quicker!’That’s the way things happen at Wayside School. There are 29 kids in Mrs. Jewls’s class and this book is about all of them. There is Todd, who got in trouble every day…
until he got a magic dog; Paul, whose life was saved by Leslie’s pigtails; Ron, who dared to try the cafeteria’s Mushroom Surprise and all the others who help turn a day at Wayside School into one madcap adventure after another. But, after the things that happened in Sideways Stories from Wayside School, what would you expect?The extraordinary thirty story school and its zany inhabitants are back in the long awaited sequel to the classic SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL, one of the most popular Camelot books ever. ‘Rib tickling…
sure to please…
‘ Kirkus

More Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School

Welcome back to maths class at Wayside School. How much is peppers pig lips? If Jenny’s shirt has sparkles on it, will Todd have egg in his hair? These Sideways Arithmetic problems may look puzzling at first, but you can use real maths to solve them, and the answers are perfectly logical. There are lots of clues and hints, plus all the answers are right there in the book. Best of all the children you have read about in the other books about Wayside School are here to help you! Try solving the brainteasers in this book, along with Mrs Jewls and the children from her class, and maths will be a dream!

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger

Strange Strangers Come to Wayside School…

Welcome back to Wayside School! After closing for 242 days to get rid of the cows don’t ask, everyone’s favorite thirty story school is finally back in session.

But all is not well at the school with no nineteenth floor. Mrs. Jewls, the best teacher at Wayside, is having a baby, and that can mean only one thing substitute teachers.

First comes Mr. Gorf. Was he married to the terrible Mrs. Gorf? And why does he have three nostrils? The kids won’t tell you. They’re not talking.

Then there’s Mrs. Drazil. She never forgets a missed homework assignment, not even one that Louis the yard teacher owed her fifteen years ago.

By the time the class gets the fearsome Miss Nogard, the kids can’t wait for everything to return to normal.

Wayside School may seem like a pretty strange place already, but now it has to get a little stranger.

‘These additional anecdotes about Wayside School will surely tickle the funny bones of Sachar’s fans. Thirty more ‘time outs’ are miraculously conflated into a semicoherent story about the students and teachers at this unique 30 story 1 classroom per floor elementary school. Mrs. Jewls, the teacher atop the school, is out on maternity leave and her students find themselves facing three consecutive substitutes…
. Contains hilarity, malevolence, romance, relentless punning,goofiness, inspiration, revenge, and poignancy.’ School Library Journal.

Johnny’s in the Baseme*nt

Johnny’s in the Baseme*nt where his parents won’t bother him, sitting on top of The World’s Greatest Bottle Cap Collection. He’s just turned eleven and his parents have decided that it’s time for him to grow up. Suddenly he has to wash the dishes and take out the garbage. And get rid of his bottle caps! His birthday presents are grown up junk like socks and underwear and worst of all social dancing lessons. Growing up certainly doesn’t seem worth it until he meets Valerie Plum, who hates dancing school even more than Johnny does, but doesn’t hate Johnny at all.

There’s A Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom

A boy who fights with his school mates, and makes it difficult for anyone to like him, learns how to be accepted. This hilarious yet moving story bears all the classic hallmarks of a Sachar novel pace, humour, modernity and sensitivity. ‘Give me a dollar or I’ll spit on you. ‘ That’s Bradley Chalkers for you. He’s the oldest in his class, he tells enormous lies, he picks fights with girls, and teachers say he has ‘serious behaviour problems. ‘ No one likes him except Carla, the new school counsellor. She thinks Bradley is sensitive and generous, and she even enjoys his far fetched stories. Carla knows that Bradley could change, if only he weren’t afraid to try…
A story of isolation, bravery and gradual acceptance told with great humour by Louis Sachar, the author of the brilliant Holes.

Sixth Grade Secrets

From the Newbery award winning author of HolesWhen Laura Sibbie starts a secret club at school, makes the other members them give her something totally embarrassing as ‘insurance,’ to make sure they don’t tell anyone else about the club. She promises to keep the insurance secret, unless someone blabs. Gabriel, who never tells on anybody, would be a perfect member of Pig City. He wants to join, too. But when Laura asks him, something goes terribly wrong. Now there are two secret clubs in Mr. Doyle’s class, and guess who’s the head of the new one Gabriel! Each club is determined to topple the other, and nobody’s secrets are safe.

The Boy Who Lost His Face

DAVID IS ONLY trying to be cool when he helps some of the popular kids steal Old Lady Bayfield’s cane. But when the plan backfires, he s the one the old witch curses. Now David can t seem to do anything right. Is it the Bayfield curse at work? Or is David simply turning into a total loser? Wildly funny. Kirkus Reviews

The Cardturner

From Louis Sachar, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Newbery Medal for HOLES, comes the young adult novel The Cardturner, an exploration of the human condition. How are we supposed to be partners? He can t see the cards and I don t know the rules! The summer after junior year of high school looks bleak for Alton Richards. His girlfriend has dumped him to hook up with his best friend. He has no money and no job. His parents insist that he drive his great uncle Lester to his bridge club four times a week and be his cardturner whatever that means. Alton’s uncle is old, blind, very sick, and very rich. But Alton s parents aren t the only ones trying to worm their way into Lester Trapp s good graces. They re in competition with his longtime housekeeper, his alluring young nurse, and the crazy Castaneda family, who seem to have a mysterious influence over him. Alton soon finds himself intrigued by his uncle, by the game of bridge, and especially by the pretty and shy Toni Castaneda. As the summer goes on, he struggles to figure out what it all means, and ultimately to figure out the meaning of his own life. Through Alton s wry observations, Louis Sachar explores the disparity between what you know and what you think you know. With his incomparable flair and inventiveness, he examines the elusive differences between perception and reality and inspires readers to think and think again. From the Hardcover edition.

Pig City

From the Newbery award winning author of HolesWhen Laura Sibbie starts a secret club at school, makes the other members them give her something totally embarrassing as ‘insurance,’ to make sure they don’t tell anyone else about the club. She promises to keep the insurance secret, unless someone blabs. Gabriel, who never tells on anybody, would be a perfect member of Pig City. He wants to join, too. But when Laura asks him, something goes terribly wrong. Now there are two secret clubs in Mr. Doyle’s class, and guess who’s the head of the new one Gabriel! Each club is determined to topple the other, and nobody’s secrets are safe.

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