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Louis Sachar (/ ˈ s æ k ər / SAK-ər; [1] born March 20, 1954) is an American young-adult mystery-comedy 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 [ 2 ] and the 1999 Newbery Medal for the year's "most distinguished contribution to ...
Sixth Grade Secrets is a novel by Louis Sachar that follows sixth-grader Laura Sibbie and her friends as they create a secret club in violation of school rules. Laura aspires to be a leader and learns the three Rs of what leadership can entail – Relationships, Rivalries and Responsibility.
In a review, Josh Lacey commented Small Steps "has a lot to recommend - funny things, a fast-moving story, some emotive scenes, an interesting central character - but does inevitably suffer by comparison with Sachar's last novel." [2] During his review for the New York Times, A.O. Scott praised the novel's prose as being "clear and relaxed, and ...
The Marvin Redpost Series is a series of eight children's books by the author Louis Sachar. The books first came out in 1992, [1] when Sachar's daughter was four years old, which is why Marvin Redpost has a four-year-old sister. [citation needed] The books were re-released in early 2007 with a new cover and different illustrations.
The Cardturner has been called "an absolute page-turner" [2] and a "funny and thoughtful novel". [3] Frank Cottrell Boyce of The Guardian writes that "The book feels like one long, deadpan dare, as though Sachar has made a bet with himself that he can make the most boring setting thrilling." and praises "The genius of Sachar's prose is that it ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 February 2025. 1998 novel by Louis Sachar Holes Author Louis Sachar Language English Genre Adventure, mystery, fantasy Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux (US) Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Ediciones SM (Spain) Publication date August 20, 1998 ISBN 978-0-786-22186-8 Dewey Decimal [Fic] 21 LC Class PZ7 ...
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King's Printer building in Victoria, British Columbia houses the offices for the King's Printer for British Columbia. In British Columbia, the office of the King's Printer and Comptroller of Stationery for British Columbia is a branch of the province's Procurement and Supply Services department, and not only supplies paper and electronic copies of all legislation, regulations, and related ...