Small Steps - Softcover

Sachar, Louis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747587159 ISBN 13: 9780747587156

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2007

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Review:

"Louis Sachar is magic to the toughest circle of critics: librarians, children's booksellers, teachers - and, most of all, kids."-"USA Today""Sachar's touch is as deft as ever and the book is a page-turner."-"Detroit Free-Press ""Mr. Sachar's gentle but surefire approach nails down challenging issues such as racism, teen romance and drugs."-"Dallas Morning News ""Sachar has a talent for creating realistic relationships between unlikely friends. Although that's a staple device of children's literature, it often works by drawing on cliches. Sachar's characters, though, are never stereotypes, but always vividly alive."-"Los Angeles Times ""His prose is clear and relaxed, and funny in a low-key, observant way."-"New York Times" "Part of what makes Small Steps" "so believable and appealing is that its characters do have insecurities, and they aren't ashamed to let them show."-"BookPage""Sachar is a master storyteller who creates memorable characters."-"School Library Journal""""Cleverly wrought...heartwarming, witty and suspenseful."-"Time Out New York Kids "Praise for Louis Sachar's "Holes": "A dazzling blend of social commentary, tall tale and magic realism."-"Publishers Weekly" (starred review) "A brilliant achievement.""-School Library Journal" "A smart jigsaw puzzle of a novel."-"The New York Times" "Imaginative plotting and memorable characters make this novel a winner."-"Book Magazine" "From the Hardcover edition."

Synopsis:

Armpit and X-Ray are living in Austin, Texas. It is three years since they left the confines of Camp Green Lake Detention Centre and Armpit is taking small steps to turn his life around. He is working for a landscape gardener because he is good at digging holes, he is going to school and he is enjoying his first proper romance, but is he going to be able to stay out of trouble when there is so much building up against him? In this brilliantly plotted and exciting novel, Armpit is joined by many vibrant new characters, and is learning what it takes to stay on course, and that doing the right thing is never the wrong choice.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0747587159
• ISBN 13: 9780747587156
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272