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Louis Sachar is an American author best known for his children's and young adult novels, including the Wayside School series and Holes, which won the 1999 Newbery Medal and the National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
Known for: Holes
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Holes
Holes is a young adult novel that follows Stanley Yelnats, a boy wrongfully sent to a juvenile detention camp where inmates must dig holes in the desert. As Stanley uncovers the truth behind the camp’s mysterious purpose, the story intertwines past and present, revealing themes of fate, justice, and redemption.
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The Wrongly Accused
Stanley Yelnats’s story begins with bad luck—an accident of fate that seems to prove his family curse. One day, a famous athlete’s donated sneakers fall from the sky and hit him on the head. The police interpret this bizarre event as theft, and in court, Stanley is convicted of stealing the shoes. I...
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Camp Green Lake and the Rules of the Desert
Every boy at Camp Green Lake has his story, and every hole he digs seems to swallow a piece of it. The camp is a brutal microcosm of injustice disguised as reform. The Warden ensures that obedience is rewarded with temporary mercy, and defiance with pain. Yet, beneath this harsh surface, an unspoken...
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About Louis Sachar
Louis Sachar is an American author best known for his children's and young adult novels, including the Wayside School series and Holes, which won the 1999 Newbery Medal and the National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
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