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DAVID IS ONLY trying to be cool when he helps some of the popular kids steal Old Lady Bayfield' s cane. But when the plan backfires, he' s the one the " old witch" curses. Now David can' t seem to do anything right. Is it the Bayfield curse at work? Or is David simply turning into a total loser?
" Wildly funny." -- "Kirkus Reviews"
" Wildly funny." -- "Kirkus Reviews"
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About the Author:
Louis Sachar lives in Austin, Texas, in the USA. His novel HOLES won the Newbery Medal in the US and has been shortlisted for the Children's Book Award in the UK.
From School Library Journal:
Grade 5-7-- The jacket art of a young man's horrified surprise as his pants fall down while he's talking to a girl in the school corridor captures much about the book, particularly its wit and humor (he's lost his pants, not his face) and its exploration of exaggerated situations that reveal the very real and excruciating angst of middle schoolers. David Ballinger fears being uncool, not fitting in, and wants so much to be popular that he helps some classmates attack an elderly woman and steal her cane. When odd things begin to happen to him, he believes the woman to be a witch who has cursed him, and his genuine remorse causes him to punish himself. By not being assertive, by not standing up for what he believes, he loses face. He grows in the course of the novel, and is able to get his "face" back, albeit somewhat bruised. Ample dialogue (including name calling, street language, and obscenities) and brief chapters will make this a book for which young patrons will reach. Unfortunately, the story is weakened by the tagged-on final chapter, set 150 years in the future, in which David Ballinger is revered, and his birthday has been made a school holiday. --Connie Tyrrell Burns, Mahoney Middle School, South Portland, ME
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Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherPerfection Learning
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0812493389
- ISBN 13 9780812493382
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages198
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