Author(s): Louis Sachar

Adventure and Real Life Stories

An unmanageable, but lovable, eleven-year-old misfit learns to believe in himself when he gets to know the new school counselor, who is sort of a misfit too. Winner of 17 Children's Choice Awards nationwide, here is Louis Sachar's most beloved novel. "A humorous and immensely appealing story...Readers are likely to come away with the sense that they've been rooting for themselves too"-- "Kirkus." An IRA/CBC Children's Choice Bradley Chalkers IS the oldest kid in the fifth grade. He tells enormous lies. He picks fights with girls. No one likes him--except Carla, the new school counselor. She thinks Bradley is sensitive and generous, and knows that Bradley could change, if only he weren't afraid to try. But when you feel like the most-hated kid in the whole school, believing in yourself can be the hardest thing in the world. . . . " Winner of 19 Children's Choice Awards Review Quotes: "A humorous and immensely appealing story...Readers are likely to come away with the sense that they've been rooting for themselves too"--"Kirkus." Publisher Marketing: Bradley Chalkers IS the oldest kid in the fifth grade. He tells enormous lies. He picks fights with girls. No one likes him--except Carla, the new school counselor. She thinks Bradley is sensitive and generous, and knows that Bradley could change, if only he weren't afraid to try. But when you feel like the most-hated kid in the whole school, believing in yourself can be the hardest thing in the world. . . . "Winner of 19 Children's Choice Awards" First published 1987.