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Holes (Paperback)
Louis Sachar
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Stanley Yelnats' family has a history of bad luck, so when a
miscarriage of justice sends him to Camp Green Lake Juvenile
Detention Centre (which isn't green and doesn't have a lake) he is
not surprised. Every day he and the other inmates are told to dig a
hole, five foot wide by five foot deep, reporting anything they
find. The evil warden claims that it is character building, but
this is a lie and Stanley must dig up the truth.
Wonderfully
inventive, compelling and hilarious, Louis Sachar has created a
masterpiece. This multi-million bestseller now in an exciting new
package ahead of the publication of Sachar's newest 9-11 fiction
title Fuzzy Mud (publishing August 2015)
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Holes (Paperback)
Louis Sachar
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R354
Discovery Miles 3 540
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Meet Bradley Chalkers. He's the oldest child in the class. He tells
ENORMOUS lies. He picks fights with girls. The teachers say he has
'serious behaviour problems'. And no one likes him ... Except
Carla, the new school counsellor. She thinks Bradley is kind and
generous, and she even enjoys his far-fetched stories. Carla knows
that Bradley could change, if only he weren't afraid to try.
Sometimes the hardest thing in the world is believing in yourself.
A heartwarming story of bravery and acceptance from Louis Sachar,
the bestselling author of Holes and Fuzzy Mud.
Armpit and X-Ray are living in Austin, Texas. It is three years
since they left the confines of Camp Green Lake Detention Centre
and Armpit is taking small steps to turn his life around. He is
working for a landscape gardener because he is good at digging
holes, he is going to school and he is enjoying his first proper
romance, but is he going to be able to stay out of trouble when
there is so much building up against him? In this exciting novel,
Armpit is joined by many vibrant new characters, and is learning
what it takes to stay on course, and that doing the right thing is
never the wrong choice.
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Holes (Paperback)
Louis Sachar
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R165
R143
Discovery Miles 1 430
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Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnats. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the warden makes the boys "build character" by spending all day, every day, digging holes: five feet wide and five feet deep. It doesn't take long for Stanley to realize there's more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment--and redemption.
There has been a terrible mistake. Instead of having thirty
classrooms side by side, Wayside School is thirty storeys high!
(The builder said he was sorry.) Perhaps that's why all sorts of
strange and unusual things keep happening - especially in Mrs
Jewls's classroom on the very top floor. There's the terrifying Mrs
Gorf, who gets an unusually fruity comeuppance; Terrible Todd, who
always gets sent home early; and Mauricia, who has a strange
ice-cream addiction. Meanwhile, John can only read upside down, and
Leslie is determined to sell her own toes. From top to bottom,
Wayside is packed with quirky and hilarious characters who are all
brought to life in this new edition with delightful illustrations
by Aleksei Bitskoff throughout. This is an unmissable,
irrepressible story of mixed-up mayhem from Louis Sachar, the
bestselling author of Holes.
Welcome back to a new year at Wayside School - where things are as
strange and eccentric as ever. There are twenty-nine kids in Mrs
Jewls's class on the thirtieth floor, and this book is about all of
them: there is Todd, who is in trouble every day, until he gets a
magic dog; Paul, whose life is saved by Leslie's pigtails; Ron, who
dares to try the cafeteria's mushroom surprise; and all the others
who help turn each day at Wayside School into one madcap adventure
after another. From top to bottom, Wayside is packed with quirky
and hilarious characters who are all brought to life in this new
edition with delightful illustrations by Aleksei Bitskoff. Part of
Louis Sachar's much-loved Wayside School series, this is an
unmissable, irrepressible story of mixed-up mayhem from the
bestselling author of Holes.
Imagine your misfortune if, like Stanley Yelnats, you found yourself the victim of a miscarriage of justice and interned in Camp Green Lake Correctional Institute. How would you survive?
When a substitute teacher is called to stand in for Mrs Jewls, it
can mean only one thing - strange things are going to happen at
Wayside School. Miss Mush has prepared a special lunch of baked
liver in purple sauce and it is pet day on the thirtieth floor.
There are dogs and cats and frogs and skunks and an orange named
Fido, causing a terrible commotion. Not to mention the arrival of
the POOPS handbook in the playground ... Enjoy all the fun in this
enormously humorous and quirky introduction to Louis Sachar's
famously dry wit. From top to bottom, Wayside is packed with quirky
and hilarious characters who are all brought to life in this new
edition with delightful illustrations by Aleksei Bitskoff. This is
an unmissable, irrepressible story of mixed-up mayhem from Louis
Sachar, the bestselling author of Holes.
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 can only mean one thing ... the kids at Wayside School are in
for their strangest year yet! From the basement to the thirtieth
floor, Wayside is packed with quirky and hilarious characters who
are all brought to life in this brand-new instalment of Louis
Sachar's much-loved Wayside School series. With brilliant
illustrations throughout by award-winning Aleksei Bitskoff, this is
an unmissable, irrepressible story of mixed-up mayhem from the
bestselling author of Holes.
A Crazy Mixed-up School.There'd been a terrible mistake. Wayside School was supposed to be built with thirty classrooms one on top of the other...thirty stories tall! (The builder said he was very sorry.) That may be why all kinds of funny things happen at Wayside SChool...especially on the thirteenth floor. You'll meet Mrs. Gorf, the meanest teacher of all, terrible Todd, who always gets sent home early, and John who can read only upside down--along with all the other kids in the crazy mix-up school that came out sideways. But you'll never guess the truth about Sammy, the new kid...or what's in store for Wayside School on Halloween! There was a terrible mistake-Wayside School was built with one classroom on top of another, thirty stories high! (The builder said he was sorry.) Maybe that's why all kinds of funny things happened at Wayside-especially on the thirteenth floor.
Bradley Chalkers, a fifth grader at the Red Hill School, has trouble getting along with his classmates until he meets Carla, a new school counselor. She not only listens to his wacky stories, but encourages him to use his powerful imagination. But just when Bradley's social world begins to broaden, the school board decides to let Carla go. What will happen to Bradley now? This heartwarming story of a young boy's search for friendship and acceptance is one of Sachar's most popular novels, and readers will identify with Bradley's troubles and eventual transformation when he finds a friend in Carla.
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Holes (Paperback)
Louis Sachar
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R239
R181
Discovery Miles 1 810
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Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnats. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the warden makes the boys "build character" by spending all day, every day, digging holes: five feet wide and five feet deep. It doesn't take long for Stanley to realize there's more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment—and redemption.
The summer after junior year of high school looks bleak for
Alton Richards. His girlfriend has dumped him, he has no money and
no job, and his parents insist that he drive his great-uncle
Lester, who is old, blind, very sick, and very rich, to his bridge
club four times a week and be his cardturner.
But Alton's parents aren't the only ones trying to worm their way
into Lester Trapp's good graces. There is Trapp's longtime
housekeeper, his alluring young nurse, and the crazy Castaneda
family.
Alton soon finds himself intrigued by his uncle, by the game of
bridge, and especially by the pretty and shy Toni Castaneda, as he
struggles to figure out what it all means, and ultimately to figure
out the meaning of his own life.
Angeline is brilliant! She knows way more than a child of her age
ought to. When she is moved up a class at school she finds that her
intelligence doesn't equip her entirely for dealing with the
pressures of being with the older group. Soon she is finding refuge
with a teacher and her tropical fish and another unlikely student.
With Louis Sachar's hallmark twist-and-turns of plot and lovely
humour, this delightful novel is thought-provoking and brilliant.
'Why did the guy eat two dead skunks for breakfast?' 'Because dead
ones squeal when you stick the fork in.' Gary W. Boone knows he was
born to be a stand-up comedian. It is the rest of the kids in the
class who think he is a fool. Then the Floyd Hicks Junior High
School Talent Show is announced, and he starts practising his
routine non-stop to get it just right. Gary's sure that this will
be his big break - he'll make everyone laugh and will win the $100
prize money. But when an outrageous surprise threatens to turn his
debut into a disaster, it looks as if the biggest joke of all may
be on Gary himself.
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Fuzzy Mud (Paperback)
Louis Sachar
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R243
R185
Discovery Miles 1 850
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CURSED! David was only trying to be cool when he helped some other
boys steal an old lady's cane. But when the plan backfires, he is
the one whom she 'curses'. Now David can't seem to do anything
right. The cool kids taunt him and his only friends are weirdos. He
even walks into Spanish class with his fly unzipped! And when he
finally gets his nerve up to ask out a cute girl, his trousers fall
down midway! But is this the curse at work or is David turning into
a total loser? Another witty and very clever tale by the master
storyteller Louis Sachar. Other titles in this series are THERE'S A
BOY IN THE GIRLS' BATHROOM and DOGS DON'T TELL JOKES.
Marvin cannot get to sleep. It's late, the ground is hard in Nick
Tuffle's garden, he is far too full on cake and he has drunk too
much punch. Then he hears a low humming noise. He feels the earth
shudder beneath him and there is a bright flash - sort of the same
colour as the green icing on Nick's birthday cake. Is he dreaming
or was that a flying birthday cake, candles aglow? Perhaps
something much stranger is on the horizon...
Marvin is amazed when he goes home with Casey Happleton one day
after school and discovers that she lives in an old fire station.
But that's not all that surprises him. Casey has a secret she wants
to share - a crystal with super magical powers. A crystal that
makes all your wishes come true. Can it be real or could she be
casting her own spell on him?
Marvin Redpost is yet again caught in a dilemma. He's been told
that he'll turn into a girl if he kisses his elbow, and after
accidentally doing just that he wonders if it is really going to
happen to him. His voice starts to change, he longs to have
pigtails and he even dots his 'i's with a heart in class! What on
earth has happened to Marvin, and will he ever be the same again?
This is a charming story, which will give you lots of laughs. Louis
Sachar has the ability to bring together the absurd and the real
with the perfect ingredients to entertain all children aged 5 to 7
years.
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