The Horn Book Magazine, July 1st, 1999
"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 realize that his books had so much influence on that many people.
My dad sees himself as two different people: a writer and a dad who just happens to have the exact same name. I consider myself very lucky. I come home every day after school to find him waiting for me to play, because his work day is over. He likes to challenge me in video game...
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