Louis Sachar
Louis Sachar is an American author of children's and young adult fiction, best known for *Holes* (1998), which won the Newbery Medal and National Book Award.
His books often blend humor with darker themes and unconventional narrative structures.
The Wayside School series established his reputation for absurdist comedy: My kid devoured every Louis Sachar book in the library.
- HolesCavities through surfaces
- diggingRemoving earth below
- cursedUnder a malevolent spell
- bad luckUnfavorable chance events
- onionsPungent layered cooking bulbs
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