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Name: Louis Sachar
Birth Date: March 20, 1954
Place of Birth: East Meadow, New York, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: Writer

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Biography of Louis Sachar
2,203 words, approx. 7 pages
Celebrated author Louis Sachar, winner of a National Book Award and the 1999 Newbery Medal for his novel Holes, is also recognized for his ever-popular story There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, his "Wayside School" series for middle graders, and his...


Quotations
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Louis Sachar Quotes
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Louis Sachar (b. March 20, 1954) is an American author of children's books. Sourced You need a reason to be sad. You don't need a reason to be happy. Sideways Stories From Wayside School External links Wikipedia has an article about: Louis...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Louis Sachar Information
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Louis Sachar (IPA: /ˈsækɚ/, or "Sacker") (born March 20, 1954) is an American author of children's books who is best known for the Sideways Stories From Wayside School book series and the 1998 novel Holes, for which Sachar won a National Book Award...


News and Journals
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The Horn Book Magazine
Louis Sachar.
07/01/1999: 1,948 words, approx. 7 pages
"Are you really Louis Sachar's daughter?" A fifth-grader asked me that my first week of kindergarten. Word spread rather quickly on the playground and I was suddenly thrown into the world of people who really loved my dad's books. Until then, I didn't...
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Instructor (1990)
Settings TAKE YOU PLACES.(Holes, by Louis Sachar)(Brief Article)
01/01/2001: 1,289 words, approx. 4 pages
Tips and techniques to help young authors render time and place vividly Read a few more lines of the Newbery Award-winning Holes by Louis Sachar and you learn that while there is no lake at Camp Green Lake, there are campers--and rattlesnakes...
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AP Features
Ithaca, N.Y., invites teachers to visit
2/14/2007: 471 words, approx. 2 pages
In a novel effort to boost its own reputation as a tourist spot, Ithaca will hold a citywide celebration next week targeting some of the state's nearly 600,000 teachers who will be on winter vacation."Education is our core industry in Ithaca, so it's natural for...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Essay Grade: 84%
Louis Sachar: His Life and His Books
456 words, approx. 2 pages
Essay provides a biography of Louis Sachar.
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Essay Grade: 81%
Holes in a Mystery
312 words, approx. 1 pages
A review of Louis Sachar's imaginative novel Holes, about a boy who is sent to a detention center, where the occupants spend each day digging holes.


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