Louis Sachar
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Louis Sachar | |
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 Sachar at the 2006 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | March 20, 1954 East Meadow, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley Hastings College of the Law |
| Genre | Children's fiction |
| Spouse | Carla Askew |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | |
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Louis Sachar (/ˈsækər/ SAK-ər; born March 20, 1954) is an American children's book author. His best known books are the Wayside School series and the award-winner, Holes novel.
Holes won the 1998 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the 1999 Newbery Medal for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". In 2013, it was ranked number six among all-time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal.
Louis Sachar was born in East Meadow, New York United States
Works Of Art
- Sideways Stories from Wayside School (1978)
- Wayside School is Falling Down (1989)
- Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School (1989)
- More Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School (1994)
- Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger (1995)
- Marvin Redpost
- Kidnapped at Birth? (1992)
- Why Pick on Me? (1993)
- Is He a Girl? (1993)
- Alone In His Teacher's House (1994)
- Class President (1999)
- A Flying Birthday Cake? (1999)
- Super Fast Out of Control! (2000)
- A Magic Crystal? (2000)
- Holes series
- Holes (1998) — winner of the National Book Award and Newbery Medal
- Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake (2003)
- Small Steps (2006)
- Other books
- Johnny's in the Basement (1981)
- Someday Angeline (1983)
- Sixth Grade Secrets (1987) (known as Pig City in the UK)
- There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom (1987)
- The Boy Who Lost His Face (1989)
- Dogs Don't Tell Jokes (1991)
- The Cardturner (2010)
- Fuzzy Mud (2015)
References
- 1 2 "National Book Awards – 1998" Archived 2018-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
(With acceptance speech by Sachar.) - 1 2 "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922–Present" Archived 2011-10-24 at the Wayback Machine. Association for Library Service to Children. (ALSC). American Library Association (ALA).
"The John Newbery Medal". ALSC. ALA. Retrieved 2012-03-26. - ↑ Bird, Elizabeth (July 7, 2012). "Top 100 Chapter Book Poll Results". A Fuse #8 Production. Blog. School Library Journal (blog.schoollibraryjournal.com). Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ↑ "Pig City by Louis Sachar". The Bookbag (thebookbag.co.uk). October 24, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
