Louis Sachar Books in Order

Wayside School was built sideways, thirty stories tall with no nineteenth floor, and the class on the top level is wonderfully weird. Each chapter follows a different student through deadpan nonsense, school jokes, and just enough real feeling.

On his eleventh birthday, Johnny is told it's time to grow up, quit hiding in the basement, and stop clinging to his bottle cap collection. He and Valerie answer with a small, funny rebellion of their own.

Angeline is only eight, but she's already in sixth grade and far smarter than the adults around her expect. At school and at home, she has to figure out how to be herself without disappearing inside everyone else's plans.

Laura's secret club, Pig City, runs on embarrassing blackmail she calls insurance, until a rival group forms and school politics spiral. What starts as a game turns into a funny battle over trust, loyalty, and leadership.

Laura's secret club runs on embarrassing blackmail she calls insurance, until a rival group forms and school politics spiral. What starts as a game turns into a funny battle over trust, loyalty, and leadership.

Bradley Chalkers is the kid everyone avoids, including his teachers. When a new school counselor begins to see past his lies and bad behavior, Bradley gets a hard, funny chance to change.

Wayside School turns math into a game of words, logic, and ridiculous classroom scenes. Instead of a regular story, this book gives readers mind-bending puzzles with jokes, hints, and plenty of strange school energy.

Trying to impress the cool kids, David helps steal an old woman's cane and ends up believing he's been cursed. After that, one humiliating disaster follows another, and he has to decide what he really believes.

Lunch is weird, class picture day is worse, and every floor at Wayside seems ready to misbehave. These linked stories pile absurd joke on absurd joke while the thirtieth floor tries to survive another school year.

Gary W. Boone is sure he's destined to be a stand-up comic, even if nobody else at school agrees. The talent show feels like his big chance, until stage fright and a nasty surprise threaten to turn him into the punch line.

Marvin has never felt much like the rest of his family, so a news story about a missing prince hits hard. Soon he's convinced he belongs in a castle, not at home.

After Marvin accidentally touches his lips to his elbow, he starts worrying that Casey's wild prediction might come true. It's a funny, nervous story about rumors, embarrassment, and the mysteries of boys and girls.

A rumor that Marvin picks his nose turns school into a daily disaster. To clear his name, he has to figure out how teasing spreads, and how to fight back without making it worse.

Marvin feels lucky when Mrs. North pays him to dog-sit at her house for a week. Then small problems start piling up, and keeping everything under control becomes a real test.

This follow-up puzzle book mixes Wayside School silliness with more wordplay, logic problems, and sideways math. Readers get short classroom scenes, lots of brain teasers, and clues to help solve them.

Wayside School finally reopens, but normal is still nowhere in sight. With Mrs. Jewls away and a parade of odd substitute teachers taking over, the thirtieth floor gets even stranger than usual.

Wrongly sent to Camp Green Lake, Stanley Yelnats must dig a five-foot hole every day under the Texas sun. As family bad luck, buried history, and the warden's secret plan collide, he starts digging toward the truth.

The President of the United States is coming to Marvin's class, and every kid gets one question. Marvin wants his turn to go right, but nerves and classroom chaos keep getting in the way.

At a backyard sleepover, Marvin sees something glowing sail through the night sky. The next day a very strange new kid appears at school, and Marvin starts wondering what, exactly, he saw.

Casey Happleton says her crystal has real power, and Marvin isn't sure whether to laugh or believe her. As the two spend more time together, magic and first crush feelings get hilariously tangled.

Everyone thinks Marvin is brave enough to race his new mountain bike down a terrifying hill. The problem is, he can barely ride it at all, and the crowd is already waiting.

Part handbook, part joke-filled companion, this guide explains the rules, routines, and risks of Camp Green Lake. It adds quizzes, survival tips, and extra bits from Stanley's world for Holes fans.

Back home from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying to rebuild his life in Austin one careful step at a time. Then X-Ray's latest scheme and a teen pop star named Kaira throw him into trouble again.

Alton expects a miserable summer driving his blind, rich great-uncle to bridge club and turning his cards. Instead he gets pulled into family secrets, a tricky card game, and a quiet search for who he wants to be.

When Tamaya and Marshall cut through the forbidden woods to avoid a bully, a handful of strange mud changes everything. Their schoolday problem turns into a fast-moving science thriller with very high stakes.

A dark cloud settles over Wayside School, and suddenly everyone feels gloomy, jumpy, and not quite themselves. Mrs. Jewls's class faces bizarre tests, odd rules, and a fresh round of sideways chaos.

A dark cloud settles over Wayside School, and suddenly everyone feels gloomy, jumpy, and not quite themselves. Mrs. Jewls's class faces bizarre tests, odd rules, and a fresh round of sideways chaos.

In the kingdom of Esquaveta, court magician Anatole is ordered to help force Princess Tullia into a political marriage. His chance to save his reputation may also mean betraying the one person who still believes in him.