Louis Sachar

From Louis Sachar, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Newbery Medal for HOLES, comes the young adult novel THE CARDTURNER, an exploration of the human condition.
 
How are we supposed to be partners? He can’t see the cards and I don’t know the rules!
 
The summer after junior year of high school looks bleak for Alton Richards. His girlfriend has dumped him to hook up with his best friend. He...

Even though they have all come to school in holey clothes, Marvin and his third grade class manage to impress their surprise visitor--the President of the United States. It's no ordinary Thursday for Marvin Redpost and his class ... It's "hole day," and even Mrs. North and Principal McCabe are wearing their very worst clothes. It seemed like a fun idea that morning, but now they're expecting company. The president -- of the United States! -- is on...

Join Mrs. Jewls's class and try solving over fifty math puzzles and brainteasers. Louis Sachar and his wild Wayside School are at it again, with even more brain twisters. This sequel to the popular Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School contains an all-new line-up of more than 50 math puzzles requiring only basic math skills to solve. Full of clues and hints, the book provides all the answers in the back.

Two days after Marvin sees a glowing green thing like a flying birthday cake in the night sky, his third-grade class is joined by a mysterious new boy with peculiar behavior.

Marvin is pleased when his teacher asks him to take care of her dog while she's away, but he soon finds that there's more pressure involved than he likes.

David receives a curse from an elderly woman he has helped his schoolmates attack, and he learns to regret his weakness in pandering to others for the sake of popularity before new friends and a very nice girl help him to be a stronger, more assertive person.

When Marvin Redpost's new friend Casey shares with him her magic crystal that can make wishes come true, things get out of control.

Join Benjamin, Todd, Kathy, and their friends in a world where sometimes the students are smarter than their teachers, the sub has a third ear on the top of her head, and the classrooms are built one on top of another in a school thirty stories high!

Meet Marvin Redpost, the Master of Mayhem!
 
Kidnapped at Birth?: Marvin Redpost has finally figured out why he doesn't look like anyone in his family. He's not really Marvin Redpost—he's Robert, the lost prince of Shampoon!

Why Pick on Me?: Marvin is shunned by his classmates and teacher after he is unfairly fingered as a nose-picker by the class bully.

Is He a Girl?: Will kissing...

With the help of her toy monkey, a girl prepares an all-encompassing soup full of band-aids, crayons, and tissues, for her father who is sick in bed.