The beloved bestseller from Newbery Medalist and National Book Award winner Louis Sachar (Holes), with a brand-new cover! “Give me a dollar or I’ll spit on you.”
That’s Bradley Chalkers for you. He’s the oldest kid in the fifth grade. He tells enormous lies. He picks fights with girls, and the teachers say he has serious behavior problems. No one likes him—except Carla, the new school counselor. She thinks Bradley is sensitive and generous, and she even enjoys his far-fetched stories. Carla knows that Bradley could change, if only he weren’t afraid to try.
But when you feel like the most hated kid in the whole school, believing in yourself can be the hardest thing in the world. . . .
On sale: August 12, 1988
Age: 8-12 years
Grade: Grades 6-8
Page count: 224 Pages
ISBN: 9780394805726
Reading level: Lexile: 490L | Fountas/Pinnell: Q
Newbery Award winner Louis Sachar is the author
of Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes,
The Boy Who Lost His Face, and the Marvin Redpost books.
Louis Sachar’s book
Holes, winner of the 1999 Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, is also an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, an ALA Quick Pick, and an ALA Notable Book, and was made into a major motion picture.
"A humorous and immensely appealing story...Readers are likely to come away with the sense that they've been rooting for themselves too"--
Kirkus.
