Mud has its uses — as building material, for example, or skin treatment — but it can also be extremely messy. Or worse. In Louis Sachar’s new novel, it’s definitely worse. The Newbery Medal-winning ...

The award-winning author of Holes has just published a new novel for young readers, called Fuzzy Mud. It mixes middle-school social puzzles with a... 'Kids Love To Be Scared': Louis Sachar On ...

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