Louis Sachar

Una historia que muestra el poder de la confianza en uno mismo.En clase, a nadie le gusta sentarse al lado de Bradley porque siempre se porta mal. Hasta que la llegada de Jeff, un chico nuevo, le abre las puertas a un posible cambio y se ve inmerso en un mar de dudas. ¿Que divertidas situaciones esperan a los dos amigos? Una novela para reir y reflexionar sobre nosotros mismos.

Stanley Yelnats' family has a history of bad luck, so when a miscarriage of justice sends him to Camp Green Lake Juvenile Detention Centre (which isn't green and doesn't have a lake) he is not surprised. Every day he and the other inmates are told to dig a hole, five foot wide by five foot deep, reporting anything they find. The evil warden claims that it is character building, but this is a lie and Stanley must dig up the truth.Wonderfully inventive, compelling and hilarious, Louis Sachar has created a masterpiece. This multi-million bestseller now in an exciting new package ahead of the publication of Sachar's newest 9-11 fiction title Fuzzy Mud (publishing August 2015).

Història d'un nen agressiu i marginat a classe i com canvia positivament, tractada amb realisme, tendresa, ironia i humor.En Bradley és agressiu amb els companys, a classe no escolta, no fa els deure

Fifth grader Tamaya Dhilwaddi and seventh grader Marshall Walsh have been walking to and from Woodbridge Academy together since elementary school. But their routine is disrupted when bully Chad Wilson challenges Marshall to a fight. To avoid the conflict, Marshall takes a shortcut home through the off-limits woods. Tamaya reluctantly follows. They soon get lost, and they find trouble. Bigger trouble than anyone could ever have imagined.In the days and weeks that follow, the authorities and the government become involved, and what they uncover might affect the future of the world.

Una novela de aventuras que refleja la dureza de la vida y la fuerza de la amistad.Los chicos buenos van al cielo, los malos... al Campamento Lago Verde. Stanley Yelnats se convierte en interno del campamento despues de ser acusado del robo de unas zapatillas; alli conocera a Zero y su vida cambiara para siempre. ¿Donde estan los limites entre el bien y el mal?Una historia estremecedora para reflexionar sobre el significado de la justicia.

Give me a dollar or I'll spit on you." That's Bradley Chalker for you. He is the oldest child in the class. He tells enormous lies. He picks fights with girls, and the teachers say he has "serious behaviour problems." No one likes him - except Carla, the new school counsellor. She thinks Bradley is sensitive and generous, and she even enjoys his far-fetched stories. Carla knows that Bradley could change, if only he weren't afraid to try. Sometimes the hardest thing in the world is believing in yourself.

Armpit and X-Ray are living in Austin, Texas. It is three years since they left the confines of Camp Green Lake Detention Centre and Armpit is taking small steps to turn his life around. He is working for a landscape gardener because he is good at digging holes, he is going to school and he is enjoying his first proper romance, but is he going to be able to stay out of trouble when there is so much building up against him? In this brilliantly plotted and exciting novel, Armpit is joined by many vibrant new characters, and is learning what it takes to stay on course, and that doing the right thing is never the wrong choice.

While Mrs North, Marvin's teacher, is on holiday she has asked him to look after Waldo - her dog. Suddenly Marvin has become the luckiest boy in school. He'll get to sniff about Mrs North's house, look in her wardrobe, check out her bathroom and rummage in her fridge well that's what Stuart and Nick, his best friends, would like to do. But Marvin takes things a little more seriously. Afterall, he gets paid $3 a day while Mrs North's away and he gets a bonus on top of that if everything goes smoothly. What could possibly go wrong? Just how long can Marvin hold on to his luck. Louis Sachar tells this tale with a refreshing and bold frankness and again the characters are vividly portrayed in this the fourth of the series.

Welcome back to maths class at Wayside School. How much is peppers + pig lips? If Jenny's shirt has sparkles on it, will Todd have egg in his hair? These Sideways Arithmetic problems may look puzzling at first, but you can use real maths to solve them, and the answers are perfectly logical. There are lots of clues and hints, plus all the answers are right there in the book. Best of all the children you have read about in the other books about Wayside School are here to help you! Try solving the brainteasers in this book, along with Mrs Jewls and the children from her class, and maths will be a dream!

Everyone is laughing at Marvin Redpost. He's the grossest kid in school. Why? He picks his nose. Well, that's the rumour Clarence started and no one argues with Clarence - not even Marvin's so-called best friends. So what can Marvin do to turn things round? This is a great story which reveals that good things can often come out of bad.

Marvin lives in a grey house with a white fence - a white fence with all but one red post. He has red hair and blue eyes. He is also left-handed. "We're lucky to be left-handed," said Mrs. North. "It means we have royal blood." One day, at school, while writing a report, Marvin realises that nothing adds up. His parents have brown hair and they have brown eyes. Can he really be Marvin Redpost? Or is he, in fact, the lost son of the King of Shampoon - Prince Robert? Was he whisked away from the hospital at birth and are the Redposts really his kidnappers? Marvin sets out to get things straight. There are a lot of perks to being a prince and it's all very tempting but Marvin soon realises that sometimes the truth isn't all it's cracked up to be. Louis Sachar writes with pace and humour and heart. In this, the first in a series of eight books, he introduces strong and memorable characters in his unique and inimitable style.

Bradley Chalkers es el chico más grosero, bruto y antipático del colegio. Además, siempre saca las peores notas de su clase y nadie quiere sentarse a su lado. Hasta que llega un alumno nuevo, Jeff y le toca sentarse junto a Bradley, en el último pupitre. Jeff es un chico amable que intenta ser simpático con Bradley, aunque éste no le corresponda. Un día, Bradley piensa en la amabilidad que Jeff derrocha con él, y le paga un dolar por ser su mejor amigo. Poco a poco esa amistad va haciéndose más real hasta que se hacen muy amigos. Además, al colegio llega también Carla Davis, una psicóloga para ayudar a los alumnos con problemas. Al principio, Bradley es muy reacio a ver a un psicólogo, pero, poco a poco, Carla se va ganando la confianza del chico. Gracias a la señorita Davis, Bradley se esfuerza en ser mejor persona y en sacar mejores notas. Sin embargo, cuanto mejor persona es más problemas tiene: los chicos se burlan de él, se enfada con su amigo Jeff y ni sus padres ni la señorita Ebbel parecen darse cuenta de su intención de cambiar. Tras hacer las paces con Jeff y cuando parece que todo se va a solucionar, Carla, de la que el chico se ha enamorado, es trasladada a otro centro escolar. Esto hace que Bradley se plantee si tratar de ser una buena persona o volver al Bradley odioso. Afortunadamente, recapacita y continúa en su mejoría. Cuando va al colegio a despedirse de la psicóloga, esta se ha marchado y le ha dejado una bonita nota. Bradley es invitado a la fiesta de cumpleaños de una de sus compañeras de clase, donde disfruta enormemente, ya que hacía mucho tiempo que nadie le invitaba a una. Ahora Bradley Chalkers le cae bien a todo el mundo. Cuando llega a casa le escribe una carta a Carla agradeciéndola todo lo que ha hecho por él.

A l'Stanley Yelnats l'envien al Correccional Juvenil del Campament del Llac Verd per haver robat unes vambes que en realitat no ha robat. Al Campament del Llac Verd (on no hi ha cap llac ni res que sigui verd), els nois han de cavar un clot cada dia: l'alcaid del correccional afirma que cavar clots enforteix l'esperit. Però l'Stanley sospita que la veritat és una altra, que l'alcaid busca alguna cosa.

Watch closely," said Mrs Jewls. "You can learn much faster using a computer instead of paper and pencil." Then she pushed the computer out of the window. The children all watched it fall thirty floors. "See?" said Mrs Jewls. "That's gravity " That's the way things happen at Wayside School. There are twenty nine kids in Mrs Jewls' class and this book is about all of them. There is Todd, who is in trouble every day, until he gets a magic dog. Paul, whose life is saved by Leslie's pigtails. Ron, who dares to try the cafeteria's mushroom surprise and all the others who help turn a day at Wayside School into one madcap adventure after another.

Suicide Hill is the ultimate test of bravery. Few have conquered the treacherously steep slope without completely wiping out - or so the legend goes. And rumour has it that Marvin will be taking it on. Only Marvin isn't so sure. His new mountain bike is enormous - he can barely climb up on to it. And changing gears is out of the question! But will he have to ride down Suicide Hill in order to prove himself to his classmates? If he succeeds he will be a hero. If he doesn't, then everyone is about to witness the biggest wipeout ever!