Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar

Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar

From the author of the acclaimed bestseller Holes, winner of the Newbery Award and the National Book Award, comes a new middle-grade novel with universal appeal. Combining horror-movie suspense with the issues of friendship, bullying, and the possibility of ecological disaster, this novel will intrigue, surprise, and inspire readers and compel them to think twice about how they treat others as well as their environment.

Be careful. Your next step may be your last.

Fifth grader Tamaya Dhilwaddi and seventh grader Marshall Walsh have been walking to and from Woodridge Academy together since elementary school. But their routine is disrupted when bully Chad Hilligas challenges Marshall to a fight. To avoid the conflict, Marshall takes a shortcut home through the off-limits woods. Tamaya, unaware of the reason for the detour, reluctantly follows. They soon get lost. And then they find trouble. Bigger trouble than anyone could ever have imagined.

In the days and weeks that follow, the authorities and the U.S. Senate become involved, and what they uncover might affect the future of the world.

Cast List:
Jonathan Fitzman, read by Jesse Bernstein
Senator Haltings, read by Mark Bramhall
Senator Foote, read by Robertson Dean
Senator March, read by Kimberly Farr
Dr. Peter Smythe, read by Stephen Hoye
Senator Wright, read by John H. Mayer
Tamaya Dhilwaddi, read by Kathleen McInerney
Donna Jones, esq., read by Adenrele Ojo
Dr. June Lee, read by Samantha Quan
Professor Alice Mayfair, read by Allyson Ryan
Dr. Marc Humbard, read by Bruce Turk
Can Virtue Be Taught, read by Louis Sacher

Childhood MemoriesAs writer of books for elementary school students, Louis Sachar tries to recall what it felt like for him to be that age. Despite the notion that times have changed, he thinks that kids in grade school are basically the same as they were when he was young. For example, in East Meadow, New York, where Sachar was born, he remembers having to keep away from the woods across the street to avoid the older, tough kids who played there. Looking back now, he thinks those tough kids were probably only eleven or twelve years old! When Sachar turned nine, his family moved to Orange County in California, which, at the time, was mostly orange groves. He cut through the orange groves on the way to school, and had orange fights on the way home. The Path to Becoming an AuthorIt wasn't until high school that Sachar began to love reading. In college, he developed a particular interest in Russian literature and somehow got the ridiculous ambitious notion to learn the language and read his favorite Russian authors in the original language. After taking over a year of Russian, he realized it was still Greek to him. Sachar dropped out of Russian class and tried to figure out what class he should take instead. As he wandered across the campus, he saw an elementary school girl handing out pieces of paper. He took one from her. It read: 'Help. We need teachers' aides at our school. Earn three units of credit.' Prior to that time, Sachar had no interest whatsoever in kids. However, he signed up to be a teacher's aide because he needed to take something other than Russian, and it sounded easy. It turned out to be not only his favorite class, but also the most important class Sachar took during his college career. After he was at the school for a while, he was asked to be the 'Noon Time Supervisor.' It was his job to watch over the kids during lunch. Sachar played games with the kids who all called him 'Louis, the Yard Teacher.' The Story Behind Sideways StoriesAround that time Sachar came upon In Our Town by Damon Runyon, a book of very short stories about different characters in a town. It gave him the idea for Sideways Stories from Wayside School, which is a book of short stories about different kids in a school. All the kids are named after kids he knew at the school where he worked. 'Louis the Yard Teacher, ' is also a character. Sachar says he had more fun writing that book than any of his others, because it was just a hobby then, and he never truly expected to be published. A Career Choice Sideways Stories from Wayside School was published just as Sachar began law school. For six years he struggled over trying to decide between being an author or a lawyer. During the time that he finished law school and took a job as a lawyer, Sachar wrote three more children's books. His decision had been made. Sachar has been an attorney since 1981, but has chosen to devote his time to writing children's books.

SKU	CIN0385743785G
ISBN 13	9780385743785
ISBN 10	0385743785
Title	Fuzzy Mud
Author	Louis Sachar
Condition	Good
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2015-08-04
Number of pages	192
Prizes	Winner of Georgia Children's Book Award 2016, Winner of Ohio Buckeye Children's Book Award 2016, Short-listed for Nebraska Golden Sower Award 2017, Nominated for Colorado Children's Book Award 2017, Nominated for Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award 2018, Nominated for Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award 2018, Nominated for North Carolina Children's Book Award 2016, Nominated for Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award., Nominated for Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award 2018, Nominated for Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award 2017
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