Louis Sachar
1) Holes
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Series
Holes volume 1
Language
English
Description
Stanley Yelnat's family has a history of bad luck, so he is not too surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to a detention centre. Nor is he surprised when he is told that his daily labour is to dig a hole and report anything he finds in it. First published in hardback in August 2000.
2) Fuzzy mud
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English
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Tamaya is on a scholarship to the prestigious Woodridge Academy and every day she and seventh-grader Marshall walk to school together. They never go through the woods. And when they arrive at school they stop talking to each other - because Marshall can't be seen to be friends with a little kid like Tamaya. Especially not with Chad around. Chad-the-bully, who makes Marshall's life utterly miserable. But today, hoping to avoid Chad, Marshall and Tamaya...
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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It's a new year at Wayside School, and Mrs Jewls's class on the thirtieth floor has a LOT to deal with. First of all, they must prepare to face The Ultimate Test, which involves a fiendishly difficult Spelling Bee, upside-down singing and blindfolded smelling. Meanwhile the paperclips are triple-locked in a safe so no one can access them, Miss Mush is threatening to serve rainbow stew for lunch - and a CLOUD OF DOOM is gathering over the school. It...
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English
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When Alton's ageing, blind uncle asks him to attend bridge games with him, he agrees. Alton's mother thinks it might secure their way to a good inheritance sometime in the future. But this choice soon turns out to be a lot more complex than Alton could ever have imagined.