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Small steps

  • Louis Sachar

3.57

7 ratings

Two years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is home in Austin, Texas, trying to turn his life around. But it's hard when you have a record, and everyone expects the worst from you. The only person who believes in him is Ginny, his 10-year old disabled neighbor. Together, they are learning to take small steps. And he seems to be on the right path, until X-Ray, a buddy from Camp Green Lake, comes up with a get-rich-quick scheme. This leads to a chance encounter with teen pop sensation, Kaira DeLeon, and suddenly his life spins out of control, with only one thing for certain. He'll never be the same again.In his first major novel since Holes, critically acclaimed novelist Louis Sachar uses his signature wit combined with a unique blend of adventure and deeply felt characters to explore issues of race, the nature of celebrity, the invisible connections that determine a person's life, and what it takes to stay on course. Doing the right thing is never a wrong choice--but a small step in the right direction.

Genres

  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Rehabilitation
  • Fiction
  • Singers
  • Interpersonal relations
  • People with disabilities
  • Juvenile delinquents
  • African Americans
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Reading Level-Grade 7
  • Reading Level-Grade 6
  • Reading Level-Grade 9
  • Reading Level-Grade 8
  • Reading Level-Grade 11
  • Reading Level-Grade 10
  • Reading Level-Grade 12
  • Large type books
  • Children's fiction
  • Juvenile delinquency, fiction
  • Cerebral palsy, fiction
  • People with disabilities, fiction
  • Interpersonal relations, fiction
  • African americans, fiction
  • Musicians, fiction
  • Problem children, fiction
  • Youth, fiction
  • Texas, fiction
  • Adventure and adventurers, fiction
  • Problem youth
  • Artists, fiction
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About the author

  • Louis Sachar

    born 1954

    4.22

    306 ratings · 47 works

Editions

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    Ecole des loisirs

    2006

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    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    Jul 02, 2007

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    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    Jan 16, 2006

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    Publisher

    Aug 11, 2008

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Brand: A C BLACK PUBLISHERS LTD, A & C BLACK PUBLISHERS LTD

Sep 01, 2006

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    BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC

    Apr 26, 2006

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    Perfection Learning, San Val

    Jan 08, 2008

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    Delacorte Books for Young Readers

    January 8, 2008

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    Facsimile of 1909 edition

    Lectorum Publications

    July 28, 2006

  • Edition cover

    First edition

    Bloomsbury Publishing

    2007-07-01

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    Thorndike Press

    2006

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    Delacorte Press, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

    2006

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    Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

    2007

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    Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

    2010

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    ʻAm ʻoved

    2007

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    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    2007-01-02

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    Turtleback Books

    Jan 08, 2008

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    Doubleday Canada

    Jan 10, 2006

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    Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers

    2008

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    Delacorte Press

    2006

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    Random House Children's Books

    2006