Sachar, Louis

When Marvin Redpost's new friend Casey shares with him her magic crystal that can make wishes come true, things get out of control.

As further evidence of his family's bad fortune, which he attributes to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnatsis sent to a torturous correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, and a treasure.

Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.

An unmanageable, but lovable, eleven-year-old misfit learns to believe in himself when he gets to know the new school counselor, who is a sort of misfit too.

Young Stanley Yelnats begins a journey of self-discovery when he is sent to a juvenile detention center in Texas, where the boys are forced to dig five-foot-deep holes as punishment--a process for which Stanley suspects the warden has ulterior motives.

Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.

A conversation with Sachar at his Austin, Texas home. He reads from his book, Holes, and discusses his hobbies and writing.