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• Louis Sachar: Children's Book Author Wins 1999 Newbery Medal for Holes

  From: U.S. News & World Report

  Feb. 15, 1999207 words Critical essay Louis Sachar has made the leap from literary class clown to king of children's books. Author of the wacky, million-selling Wayside School series (Mr. Kidswatter is the principal and Miss Mush runs the cafeteria), Sachar...

• Review of Marvin Redpost: Super Fast, Out of Control!

  From: The Horn Book Magazine

  Nov. 2000195 words Book review, Critical essay Somehow, word has gotten around that Marvin is going to ride his new bike down "Suicide Hill." This playground expectation only crystallizes Marvin's fears: of the hill, of his big new mountain bike, of wimping out. And...