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Louis Sachar

LOUIS SACHAR is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Holes, which won the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award. His other books include Small Steps, winner of the Schneider Family Book Award; The Cardturner, a Publishers Weekly Best Book, Dogs Don't Tell Jokes, The Boy Who Lost His Face, and There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, which won more than twenty-four state children’s choice awards voted on exclusively by children. For younger readers he’s written the Marvin Redpost series and the Wayside School books.  His first book for adults, The Magician of Tiger Castle, will be published in August 2025.
The Magician of Tiger Castle
Fuzzy Mud
The Cardturner
Small Steps
Marvin Redpost #8: A Magic Crystal?
Marvin Redpost #7: Super Fast, Out of Control!
Holes
Marvin Redpost #6: A Flying Birthday Cake?
Marvin Redpost #5: Class President
The Boy Who Lost His Face
Marvin Redpost #4: Alone in His Teacher's House
Marvin Redpost #3: Is He a Girl?
Marvin Redpost #2: Why Pick on Me?
Dogs Don't Tell Jokes
Marvin Redpost #1: Kidnapped at Birth?
There's A Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

Books

The Magician of Tiger Castle
Fuzzy Mud
The Cardturner
Small Steps
Marvin Redpost #8: A Magic Crystal?
Marvin Redpost #7: Super Fast, Out of Control!
Holes
Marvin Redpost #6: A Flying Birthday Cake?
Marvin Redpost #5: Class President
The Boy Who Lost His Face
Marvin Redpost #4: Alone in His Teacher's House
Marvin Redpost #3: Is He a Girl?
Marvin Redpost #2: Why Pick on Me?
Dogs Don't Tell Jokes
Marvin Redpost #1: Kidnapped at Birth?
There's A Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
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