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Jan 1, 1954 — —· 72 yrs

UNITED STATES AUTHOR · CHILDREN · FICTION

Louis Sachar

Also known as: luis sachar, LOUIS SACHAR

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Louis Sachar ( SAK-ər; born March 20, 1954) is an American author. He is best known for the Wayside School series and the novel Holes. Holes won the 1998 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the 1999 Newbery Medal for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". In 2013, it was ranked sixth among all children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal.

East Meadow, United States
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Bradley Chalkers sat at his desk in the back of the room-last seat, last row.

— from There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom (Cascades)

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#2

Sixth Grade Secrets

3.8 (5)

It starts when Laura finds a baseball cap at a rummage sale. The cap says "PIG CITY," and Laura decides to start a secret club based on the name. But part of the fun of a club is keeping other people out of it...and when Laura's best friend Gabe starts his own rival club called Monkey Town, it begins a prank war that escalates until more than feelings start getting hurt.

#1

There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom (Cascades)

4.0 (14)

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Sideways Stories from Wayside School

4.0 (27)

Presents humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.

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