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Fuzzy Mud

By Louis Sachar

By Louis Sachar

By Louis Sachar

By Louis Sachar

By Louis Sachar

By Louis Sachar

By Louis Sachar

By Louis Sachar

By Louis Sachar
Read by Kathleen McInerney and Louis Sachar

By Louis Sachar
Read by Kathleen McInerney and Louis Sachar

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Mar 21, 2017 | ISBN 9780385370226 | Middle Grade (10 and up)

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Aug 04, 2015 | ISBN 9780385743785 | Middle Grade (10 and up)

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Aug 04, 2015 | ISBN 9780375991295 | Middle Grade (10 and up)

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Aug 04, 2015 | ISBN 9780385370219 | Middle Grade (10 and up)

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Aug 04, 2015 | 245 Minutes | Middle Grade (10 and up)

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    About Fuzzy Mud

    From Louis Sachar, the multi-award-winning author of Holes, comes the New York Times bestseller that’s been nominated for 13 state awards and counting!
     
    They got lost.
    The world got scared.
    And the mud got fuzzy.

    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. What they uncover might affect the future of the world.
     
    FUZZY MUD is an imaginative and suspenseful story of the great lengths we’ll go to for friendship and family, the mishaps and breakthroughs that are made in the name of science, and the wonders of mud . . . fuzzy mud. 
     

    A JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION
    A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
     
    “The children are well-realized characters and agents within their immediate social worlds . . . [and] the very fate of the world is at stake.” —The New York Times
     
    “Holds as much suspense as fuel for discussion.” —Booklist, Starred

    About Fuzzy Mud

    From the author of the acclaimed bestseller Holes, winner of the Newbery Award and the National Book Award, comes a New York Times bestselling adventure about the impact we have—both good and bad—on the world we live in. 
     
    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.
     
    “Sachar blends elements of mystery, suspense, and school-day life into a taut environmental cautionary tale.”–Publishers Weekly

    About Fuzzy Mud

    From the author of the acclaimed bestseller Holes, winner of the Newbery Award and the National Book Award, comes a New York Times bestselling adventure about the impact we have—both good and bad—on the world we live in. 
     
    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.
     
    “Sachar blends elements of mystery, suspense, and school-day life into a taut environmental cautionary tale.”–Publishers Weekly

    About Fuzzy Mud

    From the author of the acclaimed bestseller Holes, winner of the Newbery Award and the National Book Award, comes a New York Times bestselling adventure about the impact we have—both good and bad—on the world we live in. 
     
    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.
     
    “Sachar blends elements of mystery, suspense, and school-day life into a taut environmental cautionary tale.”–Publishers Weekly

    About Fuzzy Mud

    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.

    Read by Kathleen McInerney with Mark Bramhall, Jesse Bernstein, Robertson Dean, Kimberly Farr, Stephen Hoye, John H. Mayer, Adenrele Ojo, Samantha Quan, Allyson Ryan, Bruce Turk, and Louis Sachar

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    The Cardturner
    Sideways Stories from Wayside School
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    See all books by Louis Sachar

    About Louis Sachar

    LOUIS SACHAR is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Holes, which won the Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Christopher Award, as well as Stanley Yelnats’ Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake; Small Steps, winner… More about Louis Sachar

    About Louis Sachar

    LOUIS SACHAR is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Holes, which won the Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Christopher Award, as well as Stanley Yelnats’ Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake; Small Steps, winner… More about Louis Sachar

    About Louis Sachar

    LOUIS SACHAR is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Holes, which won the Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Christopher Award, as well as Stanley Yelnats’ Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake; Small Steps, winner… More about Louis Sachar

    About Louis Sachar

    LOUIS SACHAR is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Holes, which won the Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Christopher Award, as well as Stanley Yelnats’ Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake; Small Steps, winner… More about Louis Sachar

    About Louis Sachar

    LOUIS SACHAR is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Holes, which won the Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Christopher Award, as well as Stanley Yelnats’ Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake; Small Steps, winner… More about Louis Sachar

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Mystery & Detective Books

    Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Yearling
    Mar 21, 2017 | 208 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780385370226

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Mystery & Detective Books

    Hardcover | $16.99
    Published by Delacorte Press
    Aug 04, 2015 | 192 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780385743785

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Mystery & Detective Books

    Hardcover | $19.99
    Published by Delacorte Press
    Aug 04, 2015 | 192 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780375991295

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Mystery & Detective Books

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Delacorte Press
    Aug 04, 2015 | 192 Pages | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780385370219

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Mystery & Detective Books | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $18.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Aug 04, 2015 | 245 Minutes | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780804121378

    Praise

    A New York Times Bestseller
    Winner of the Georgia Children’s Award and the Buckeye Children’s Teen Book Award (Ohio)


    “Grounded in well-rounded central characters, this compelling novel holds as much suspense as fuel for discussion.”—Booklist, Starred

    “Fast-paced. An exciting story of school life, and bullies that becomes a quick meditation on the promise and dangers of modern science.”—Kirkus Reviews

    “This engaging eco-cautionary tale… will captivate readers while giving them plenty to think about.”—School Library Journal

    “. . . vintage Sachar for the way it brings big ideas to everyday drama.”—The Horn Book

    “Sachar blends elements of mystery, suspense, and school-day life into a taut environmental cautionary tale.”—Publishers Weekly

    “An engrossing plot . . .a most entertaining ride . . . .Readers will devour this delightful book just as they did with HOLES. A unique story that keeps readers on their toes.”—VOYA

    “Sachar is a master at compact and unintimidating plotting; the school story unfolds with swift authenticity in its own right and then becomes tautly suspenseful.”—The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

    “. . .lively narrative . . . snappy dialogue and plenty of action.”—Shelf Awareness

    Awards

    Georgia Children’s Book Award WINNER 2016

    Ohio Buckeye Children’s Book Award WINNER 2016

    Colorado Children’s Book Award NOMINEE 2017

    Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award NOMINEE 2018

    Louisiana Young Reader’s Choice Award NOMINEE 2018

    North Carolina Children’s Book Award NOMINEE 2016

    Oklahoma Sequoyah Children’s Book Award NOMINEE

    Pacific Northwest Young Reader’s Choice Award NOMINEE 2018

    Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award NOMINEE 2017

    Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award NOMINEE 2018

    Nebraska Golden Sower Award FINALIST 2017

    Arkansas Charlie May Simon Children’s Book Award HONOR 2018

    Minnesota Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award HONOR 2018

    Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Master List AWARD 2018

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