Louis Sachar

Bradley Chalker a legidősebb az ötödik osztályban. És a legerősebb. Ez még nem lenne baj, de kötekedik, verekszik - a lányokat sem kíméli - s persze a tanulásban sem jeleskedik. Helye a leghátsó sorban olyan, mint egy sziget: előtte, mellette nem ül senki. Tanárai szerint ,,komoly...

Stanley Yelnatson egy átok ül. Ez az átok legelőször a mocskos disznólopó ük-ük-ükapjára csapott le, azóta pedig a Yelnats család egyetlen generációja sem úszta meg szárazon... Így hát Stanley sem kivétel. Egy nap mit sem sejtve elsétál, mikor egy hatalmas és büdös...

Once again Armpit was holding a shovel, only now he was getting paid for it, seven dollars and sixty-five cents an hour. He worked for Raincreek Irrigation and Landscaping. He was in the process of digging a trench along the side yard of a house that belonged to the mayor of Austin, a woman with...

1 Saturday ^ Marvin and his friends were hanging out \\ in his backyard. "What do you want to do?" asked Stuart. ^ "I dunno," said Marvin. "It's no fair that your mom won't let us watch TV," griped Nick. "What's so special a I about fresh air?" "Let's play unicorns," said Linzy. Linzy was...

L Bradley Chalkers sat at his desk in the back of the room—last seat, last row. No one sat at the desk next to him or at the one in front of him. He was an island. If he could have, he would have sat in the closet. Then he could shut the door so he wouldn't have to listen to Mrs. Ebbel. He...