Books written by Louis Sachar

  • Dogs Don't Tell Jokes

    'Why did the guy eat two dead skunks for breakfast?

  • Kidnapped at Birth?

    Red-haired Marvin is convinced that the reason he looks different from the rest of his family is that he is really the lost prince of Shampoon.

  • Marvin Redpost #5: Class President

    Cover art copyright © 1999 by Neal Hughes. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, ...

  • It's Great to Be Eight

    Eight-year-old Angeline is in the sixth grade. But that-doesn't make being a genius any easier. In this collection of stories, there's a lot about being eight that is funny, exciting, sometimes hard, but mostly pretty great!

  • Le passage

    Analyse: Roman initiatique

  • Chemins toxiques

    Tamaya, la discrète, la bonne élève, ne prend pas le chemin habituel pour rentrer chez elle.

  • Holes

    As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new ...

  • Holes

    As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new ...

  • The Boy Who Lost His Face

    The classic novel from Newbery Medalist and National Book Award winner Louis Sachar (Holes), with a brand-new cover!

  • It's Great to Be Eight

    Eight-year-old Angeline is in the sixth grade. But that-doesn't make being a genius any easier. In this collection of stories, there's a lot about being eight that is funny, exciting, sometimes hard, but mostly pretty great!

  • Sideways Stories From Wayside School

    This is an unmissable, irrepressible story of mixed-up mayhem from Louis Sachar, the bestselling author of Holes.

  • Sixth Grade Secrets

    Eager to keep the existence of her new club a secret, Laura asks each member to tell her something embarrassing about themselves, a tactic that could backfire. Reissue.

  • Holes

    But there are an awful lot of holes. It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realize there’s more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something.

  • There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

    The beloved bestseller from Newbery Medalist and National Book Award winner Louis Sachar (Holes), with a brand-new cover! “Give me a dollar or I’ll spit on you.” That’s Bradley Chalkers for you.

  • Fuzzy Mud

    From the author of the acclaimed bestseller Holes, winner of the Newbery Award and the National Book Award, comes a New York Times bestselling adventure about the impact we have—both good and bad—on the world we live in.

  • Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger

    All the kids from Wayside School had to spend 243 days in horrible schools while Wayside was closed to get rid of the infestation of cows!

  • Wayside School is Falling Down

    There are twenty-nine kids in Mrs Jewls' class and this book is about all of them: there is Todd, who is in trouble every day, until he gets a magic dog; Paul, whose life is saved by Leslie's pigtails; Ron, who dares to try the cafeteria's ...

  • Holes

    The warden claims that it is character building, but this is a lie and Stanley must dig up the truth.

  • Holes

    The iconic multi-million bestselling novel from Louis Sachar. Hilarious, inventive and wonderfully compelling, this is an unmissable modern classic.

  • Small Steps

    In this exciting novel, Armpit is joined by many vibrant new characters, and is learning what it takes to stay on course, and that doing the right thing is never the wrong choice.