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Holes : 01

Owl Books — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:29:54 +0000

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WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARDONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME

The iconic, multi-million bestselling novel. An unmissable modern classic.

‘Joyous…Everyone should be reading it, including adults‘ Cressida Cowell, author of How to Train your Dragon

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), it’s not exactly a surprise. Every day he and the other inmates are told to dig a hole each, five foot wide by five foot deep, reporting anything they find. Why? The evil warden claims that it builds character, but this is a lie.

It’s up to Stanley to dig up the truth. A masterpiece of storytelling that combines sly humour with irresistible, page-turning writing. CONTAINS EXCLUSIVE NEW MATERIAL FROM THE AUTHOR, PLUS A FOREWORD FROM PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR PHIL EARLE AND READING GROUP NOTES’A witty, moving read that grabs you and never lets up’ Daily Telegraph

Holes : 02 : Small Steps

Owl Books — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:09:12 +0000

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A sequel to international bestseller Holes, in which favourite character Armpit tries to turn his life around in a brilliantly plotted and masterfully told adventure story

A brilliant companion volume to mega bestseller Holes

Readers are reunited with Armpit and X-Ray in this brilliantly plotted and masterfully told adventure story.

Armpit is living in Austin, Texas. It is three years since he 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 old friend X-ray is on the scene?

Charming and intelligent, Small Steps continues the story of two of Holes’ most beloved characters – perfect for new readers and fans alike.

Fuzzy Mud

Owl Books — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:08:37 +0000

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A funny, sinister and thought-provoking comic thriller from the multimillion-copy selling author of Holes. If you go down to the woods today … Well, every child knows NOT to, don’t they? Tamaya is on a scholarship to the prestigious Woodridge Academy and every day she and seventh-grader Marshall walk to school together.

They never go through the woods. When they arrive at school they stop talking to each other – because Marshall can’t be seen to be friends with a little kid like Tamaya. Especially not with Chad around.

Chadthebully, who makes Marshall’s life utterly miserable. But today, hoping to avoid Chad, Marshall and Tamaya decide to go through the woods … And what is waiting there for them is strange, sinister and entirely unexpected.

The town is about to be turned upside down by the mysterious Fuzzy Mud …

Wayside School : 04 : Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

Owl Books — Sat, 13 May 2023 11:28:54 +0000

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.

There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom

Owl Books — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 23:17:01 +0000

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“Give me a dollar or I’ll spit on you.” 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 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.

Sometimes the hardest thing in the world is believing in yourself. A heartwarming story of isolation, bravery and acceptance from the bestselling author of Holes, Louis Sachar.

More Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School : More Than 50 Brainteasing Maths Puzzles

Owl Books — Sun, 01 May 2016 06:59:12 +0000

Welcome back to maths class at Wayside School. How much is PEPPERS + PIG LIPS? If Jenny’s shirt has sparkles on it, will Todd have egg in his hair? These Sideways Arithmetic problems may look puzzling at first, but you can use real maths to solve them, and the answers are perfectly logical. There are lots of clues and hints, plus all the answers are right there in the book.

Best of all, the children you have read about in the other books about Wayside School are here to help you! Try solving these, and more than fifty other maths brainteasers, along with the kids from Mrs. Jewls’ class. You’ll learn a lot about maths but you’ll be laughing too much to notice!

Wayside School : 02 : Wayside School Is Falling Down

Owl Books — Sun, 01 May 2016 06:58:06 +0000

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.

Wayside School : 03 : Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger

Owl Books — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 15:58:55 +0000

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.

Wayside School : 01 : Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Owl Books — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 15:53:56 +0000

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.