Skip to main content

Louis Sachar

Photo of Louis Sachar

Louis Sachar

Born March 20, 1954

Louis Sachar 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 and the 1999 Newbery Medal for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". In 2013, it was ranked sixth among all children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal. (Website: www.louissachar.com)

Read more on Open Library

Books37

C'e un maschio nel bagno delle femmine!

C'e un maschio nel bagno delle femmine!

The Magician of Tiger Castle

The Magician of Tiger Castle

2025
Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

2020
Holes: A Play

Holes: A Play

2015
Fuzzy Mud

Fuzzy Mud

2015
Small Steps

Small Steps

2006
Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake

Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake

2002
It's Great to Be Eight

It's Great to Be Eight

2000

with E.B. White, Paula Danziger, Patricia C. McKissack and Patricia MacLachlan

Super Fast, Out of Control!

Super Fast, Out of Control!

2000
A Magic Crystal?

A Magic Crystal?

1999
Flying Birthday Cake?

Flying Birthday Cake?

1999

with Amy Wummer

Class President

Class President

1999
Straffen

Straffen

1998
Buracos

Buracos

1998
Nhung cai ho

Nhung cai ho

1998

with Huong Lan

Holes
A

Holes

1998·1 grade
Gaten

Gaten

1998
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger by Louis Sachar

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger by Louis Sachar

1995
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger

1995
Alone in His Teacher's House

Alone in His Teacher's House

1994
More Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School

More Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School

1994
Why Pick on Me?

Why Pick on Me?

1993
Is He a Girl?

Is He a Girl?

1993
Monkey Soup

Monkey Soup

1992
Kidnapped at Birth?

Kidnapped at Birth?

1992
Dogs Don't Tell Jokes

Dogs Don't Tell Jokes

1991
Johnny's in the Basement

Johnny's in the Basement

1990
Wayside School Is Falling Down

Wayside School Is Falling Down

1989
The Boy Who Had No Face

The Boy Who Had No Face

1989
The Boy Who Lost His Face

The Boy Who Lost His Face

1989
Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School

Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School

1989
By Louis Sachar Wayside School Is Falling Down

By Louis Sachar Wayside School Is Falling Down

1989
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

1987
Sixth Grade Secrets

Sixth Grade Secrets

1987
Someday Angeline

Someday Angeline

1983
The Cardturner

The Cardturner

1979
Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Sideways Stories from Wayside School

1978

Box sets & omnibuses1

Brave Boys Newbery Boxed Set

Brave Boys Newbery Boxed Set

1999

with Christopher Paul Curtis, Gary Paulsen and Jerry Spinelli