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) he is not surprised. Every day he and the other inmates are told to dig a hole, five foot wide by five foot deep, reporting anything they find. The evil warden claims that it is character building, but this is a lie and Stanley must dig up the truth. Wonderfully inventive, compelling and hilarious, Louis Sachar has created a masterpiece. This multi-million bestseller now in an exciting new package ahead of the publication of Sachar's newest 9-11 fiction title Fuzzy Mud (publishing August 2015)

Armhule og X-Ray bor i Austin, Texas. Det er tre år siden de forlot Green Lake-leiren, og Armhule tar små skritt for å prøve å få orden på livet sitt. Han jobber for en landskapsgartner siden han er god til å grave, han går på skolen og han nyter sin første ordentlige forelskelse. Han er på riktig vei, helt til X-Ray prøver å få ham med på et opplegg for å bli rik i en fei.

Bradley Chalkers lyver, slåss med jenter og lærerne sier han har alvorlige atferdsproblemer. Ingen liker ham, untatt Carla. Hun syns Bradley er følsom og generøs, og liker å høre på ham når han forteller historier. Carla vet at Bradley kan forandre seg, dersom han ikke hadde vært så redd for å prøve.

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. And 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. Chad-the-bully, 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 next day, Chad doesn't turn up at school - no one knows where he is, not even his family. And Tamaya's arm is covered in a horribly, burning, itchy wound. As two unlikely heroes set out to rescue their bully, the town is about to be turned upside down by the mysterious Fuzzy Mud ...A funny, sinister and thought-provoking comic thriller from the multimillion-copy selling author of Holes and There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom.

Ystävät Kainalo ja Röntgen ovat tutustuneet toisiinsa Greenjärven pahojen poikien rangaistusleirillä. Nyt sympaattinen, musta Kainalo puurtaa sekä lukion että puutarhahommien parissa ja on päättänyt pysyä kaidalla tiellä. Kun Röntgen keksii alkaa trokata poptähti Kaira DeLeonin konserttilippuja, Kainalo on kahden vaiheilla lähteäkö mukaan. Konsertti osoittautuu kohtalokkaaksi monella tapaa.Väkivalta ja pahuus, mutta myös oikeudenmukaisuus ja uskollisuus ovat vahvasti läsnä kirjan todellisuudessa.

"Ett hål om dagen" på persiska. Louis Sachars närmast kultförklarade Ett hål om dagen som utkom första gången 1998. Sedan dess har titeln getts ut över hela världen, i ständigt nya format. 2003 blev boken film i Hollywood. Här träffar läsaren otursförföljde Stanley Yelnats. Han är oskyldigt anklagad. Dömd att gräva hål i en torr, öde öken. Det är verkligen inte lätt att vara Stanley. Ett hål om dagen är ett mångfacetterat mysterium med en stor portion svart humor.

The summer is looking bleak for Alton Richards. His girlfriend has dumped him to go out with his best friend, he has no money and no job. And then his parents insist that he drives Uncle Lester to his bridge tournaments four times a week. Uncle Lester is old, blind, very sick... and very rich. Which is why his parents are desperate for Alton to worm his way into his good books. But they're in competition with other distant relatives. Not expecting much from the outings, Alton soon finds himself getting to know a lot about his uncle, his family's history, and pretty Toni Castaneda, another contender for Uncle Lester's inheritance. 'Reading his books is like being hustled in a card game by a virtuoso card sharp' Frank Cottrell Boyce

til 8-12 åringer Den sprø skolen – og uvanlige karakterer – først portrettert i Sideways Stories fra Wayside School er tilbake. Men i oppfølgeren våger studentene seg lenger enn de turte før - Myron går ned i kjelleren, Allison finner den ikke-eksisterende 29. etasje, Mrs. Jewls slipper en splitter ny datamaskin fra 30. etasje, Jenny leser en historie baklengs, og en lærervikar snur på bordet i klassen.

Den prisvinnende, internasjonale bestselgeren Hull i pocket! Familien til Stanley Yelnats er forfulgt av uhell, grunnet en gammel forbannelse. Derfor blir han ikke overrasket da han ved en misforståelse blir sendt til en forbedringsanstalt for slemme gutter. Teorien her er at om du får en uskikkelig gutt til å grave et hull i ørkenen i stekende sol hver dag, vil han til slutt bli en snill gutt. Gravingen styrker karakteren, påstår bestyreren. Livet blir en utfordring for Stanley og han står på for å grave frem sannheten. Sannheten viser seg å være innviklet og mangfoldig, og trådene i historien vikler seg ut og samles igjen med mange overraskelser underveis.

David forsøkte bare å være kul da han hjalp de populære guttene med å stjele stokken til gamle fru Bayfield. Men når planen slår feil, er han den eneste hun forbanner. Nå blir alt han gjør feil, og de andre barna håner han. Han går inn i klasserommet med buksesmekken åpen, og når han spør en jente om hun vil gå ut med han, faller buksene hans av. Er det en forbannelse, eller har han rett og slett blitt en taper?

Stanley Yelnats, a boy with bad luck, has to go to a detention centre called Camp Green Lake.

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"Reminiscent of Louis Sachar's Holes with its quirky characters and unique desert setting, this is a middle-grade read that will easily transport readers somewhere special." --School Library Journal (Starred review)When you come from Nowhere, can you ever really make it anywhere? Author Dusti Bowling (Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus) returns to the desert to create a gripping story about friendship, hope, and finding the power we all have within ourselves. Welcome to Nowhere, Arizona, the least livable town in the United States. For Gus, a bright 13-year-old with dreams of getting out and going to college, life there is made even worse by Bo Taylor, Nowhere's biggest, baddest bully. When Bo tries to force Gus to eat a dangerously spiny cactus, Rossi Scott, one of the best racers in Nowhere, comes to his rescue--but in return she has to give Bo her prized dirt bike. Determined to buy it back, Gus agrees to go searching for gold in Dead Frenchman Mine, joined by his old friends Jessie Navarro and Matthew Dufort, and Rossi herself. As they hunt for treasure, narrowly surviving everything from cave-ins to mountain lions, they bond over shared stories of how hard life in Nowhere is--and they realize this adventure just may be their way out.

This inspired collection of short stories is based on the original illustrations of Chris Van Allsburg in his much-loved picture book The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, and features many remarkable best-selling authors from the worlds of both adult and children's literature: Stephen King, Lemony Snicket, Sherman Alexie, M.T. Anderson, Kate DiCamillo, Cory Doctorow, Jules Feiffer, Tabitha King, Lois Lowry, Gregory Maguire, Walter Dean Myers, Linda Sue Park, Louis Sachar, Jon Scieszka and Chris Van Allsburg himself.

Solve the mystery of criminally hard comprehension by gathering evidence across the curriculum! This addition to the bestselling Reading Detectives series uses the same approach to teaching primary comprehension, but with texts linked to your History, Geography and Science topics. Snoop out tricky texts right across the curriculum! * Different genres and text types covering History, Geography and Science topics* Editable comprehension questions with a focus on inference and deduction* Guidance on assessing the expected standard Included texts:Fuzzy Mud by Louis SacharWhat Makes Your Body Work? by Gill ArbutnottInside the Beagle with Charles Darwin by Nick ArnoldThe Science Book by Dan GreenThe Cold Book by Dr Mike Goldsmith and Miranda SmithYellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks by Lonely PlanetRiver Song by Judith NichollsWhere Go the Boats? by Robert Louis StevensonThe River by Valerie BloomWolf Brother by Michelle PaverThe Roman Centurion's Song by Rudyard KiplingAnglo-Saxons in Britain by Moira ButterfieldBeowulf by Michael MorpurgoStreet Child by Berlie DohertyThe Shang Dynasty by Anna ClaybourneAesop's Fables retold by Jacqueline MorleyThe Golden Age of Baghdad by Richard Platt

<b>National Book Award nominee <p>The magic of <i>Savvy </i>meets the complexity of <i>When You Reach Me </i>in this "blithe magical puzzle." --<i>The Wall Street Journal</i></b> <p>Told in multiple viewpoints, <i>A Tangle of Knots </i>is a magnificent puzzle. In a slightly magical world where everyone has a Talent, eleven-year-old Cady is an orphan with a phenomenal Talent for cake baking. But little does she know that fate has set her on a journey from the moment she was born. And her destiny leads her to a mysterious address that houses a lost luggage emporium, an old recipe, a family of children searching for their own Talents, and a Talent Thief who will alter her life forever. However, these encounters hold the key to Cady's past and how she became an orphan. If she's lucky, fate may reunite her with her long-lost parent. <p>Lisa Graff adds a pinch of magic to a sharply crafted plot to create a novel that will have readers wondering about fate and the way we're all connected. <p><b>Praise for A TANGLE OF KNOTS</b> <p>"Lisa Graff has created a beautiful world of deliciously interconnected stories that draw you in." --Abby West, <i>Entertainment Weekly </i>A-] <p>* "Subtle and intricate, rich with humor and insight, this quietly magical adventure delights." --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review <p>* "Combining the literary sensibility of E. B. White with the insouciance of Louis Sachar, Graff has written a tangle that should satisfy readers for years to come." --<i>Booklist</i>, starred review <p>"Graff's story has a warmth and gentle humor that, along with the premise, calls to mind Ingrid Law's Savvy." --<i>Publishers Weekly</i>