Louis Sachar, author portrait
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Louis Sachar

LOUIS SACHAR is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Holes, which won the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award. His other books include Small Steps, winner of the Schneider Family Book Award; The Cardturner, a Publishers Weekly Best Book, Dogs Don't Tell Jokes, The Boy Who Lost His Face, and There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, which won more than twenty-four state children’s choice awards voted on exclusively by children. For younger readers he’s written the Marvin Redpost series and the Wayside School books.  His first book for adults is The Magician of Tiger Castle.
The Magician of Tiger Castle
Fuzzy Mud
The Cardturner
Small Steps
Holes
Dogs Don't Tell Jokes
There's A Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

Mon Aug 11 | 07:00 PM
The First Baptist Church
777 S 1300 E
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
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Fri Aug 22
Laguna Hills Community Center
25555 Alicia Pkwy
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
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Books

The Magician of Tiger Castle
Fuzzy Mud
The Cardturner
Small Steps
Holes
Dogs Don't Tell Jokes
There's A Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

Events

Mon Aug 11 | 07:00 PM
The First Baptist Church
777 S 1300 E
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
Google Map

Fri Aug 22
Laguna Hills Community Center
25555 Alicia Pkwy
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Google Map

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