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The Cardturner has been called "an absolute page-turner" [2] and a "funny and thoughtful novel". [3] Frank Cottrell Boyce of The Guardian writes that "The book feels like one long, deadpan dare, as though Sachar has made a bet with himself that he can make the most boring setting thrilling." and praises "The genius of Sachar's prose is that it ...
Louis Sachar (/ ˈ s æ k ər / SAK-ər; [1] born March 20, 1954) is an American young-adult mystery-comedy author. He is best known for the Wayside School series and the novel Holes . Holes won the 1998 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature [ 2 ] and the 1999 Newbery Medal for the year's "most distinguished contribution to ...
In a review, Josh Lacey commented Small Steps "has a lot to recommend - funny things, a fast-moving story, some emotive scenes, an interesting central character - but does inevitably suffer by comparison with Sachar's last novel." [2] During his review for the New York Times, A.O. Scott praised the novel's prose as being "clear and relaxed, and ...
If you grew up loving books like Holes and Sideways Stories from Wayside School, get ready — beloved children’s author Louis Sachar is publishing his first novel for adults. PEOPLE can ...
The Apostle Paul wrote an entire epistle, Galatians, antagonistic to the teachings of a Jewish sect that claimed adherence to the teachings of both Jesus and Moses (cf. Acts 15 and Gal. 1:6–10). The First Epistle of John is devoted to countering early proto-Gnostic cults that had arisen in the first century CE, all claiming to be Christian (1 ...
The Marvin Redpost Series is a series of eight children's books by the author Louis Sachar. The books first came out in 1992, [1] when Sachar's daughter was four years old, which is why Marvin Redpost has a four-year-old sister. [citation needed] The books were re-released in early 2007 with a new cover and different illustrations.
The Boy Who Lost His Face (ISBN 0-679-88622-2) is a novel by Louis Sachar, published in 1989 by Alfred A. Knopf. The story focuses on a group of young boys. One of them (David), joining in with the 'cool crew', helps to steal an old woman's cane. When she finds them, she cries out, "Your Doppelgänger will regurgitate on your soul!" meaning ...
Johnny's in the Basement is a children's novel by the author Louis Sachar, the author of the National Book Award and Newbery Medal winning novel, Holes. [1] This book was published in 1981, by Knopf. It is Sachar's second book (Sideways Stories from Wayside School was his first, in 1978). [2]