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Louis Sachar

1954 - Today

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Louis Sachar ( SAK-ər; born March 20, 1954) is an American young-adult mystery-comedy author. He is best known for the Wayside School series and the novel Holes. Holes won the 1998 U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Sachar has received more than 1,158,359 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Sachar is the 6,122nd most popular writer (down from 4,983rd in 2019), the 10,336th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,409th in 2019) and the 772nd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

There's a boy in the girls' bathroom
Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Friendship
1987
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger
Schools, Humorous stories, Fiction
Unusual things continue to happen in the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
1995
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Schools, Humorous stories, Schools in fiction
Presents humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
1978
Marvin Redpost- Alone in his teacher's house
Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Schools
Even though they have all come to school in holey clothes, Marvin and his third grade class manage to impress their surprise visitor--the President of the United States.
1992
Wayside School Is Falling Down
Humorous stories, Schools, Fiction
"Watch Closely," said Mrs. Jewls. "You can learn much faster using a computer instead of paper and pencil." Then she pushed the new computer out the window. The children watched it fall thirty floors and smash against the sidewalk. "See?" said Mrs. Jewls. "That's gravity! I've been trying to teach you about gravity, but the computer showed you a lot quicker!" That's the way things happen at Wayside School. There are 29 kids in Mrs. Jewls's class and this book is about all of them. There is Todd, who got in trouble every day...until he got a magic dog; Paul, whose life was saved by Leslie's pigtails; Ron, who dared to try the cafeteria's Mushroom Surprise- and all the others who helped turn a day at Wayside school into one madcap adventure after another. But, after the things that happened in SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL, what would you expect?
1989
Holes
Newbery Medal, Fluch, Amistad
Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day, digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. But there are an awful lot of holes. It doesn't take long for Stanley to realize that Camp Green Lake isn't what it seems. Are the boys digging holes because the warden is looking for something? But what could be buried under a dried-up lake? It's up to Stanley to dig up the truth.
1998

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Louis Sachar ranks 6,122 out of 7,302. Before him are Julia Alvarez, Lady Charlotte Guest, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Elizabeth F. Ellet, Kathryn Stockett, and Rolf Jacobsen. After him are Michael Lewis, Darren Shan, Dannie Abse, Vincenzo Cardarelli, Eugenie Schwarzwald, and Victoria Amelina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Louis Sachar ranks 509. Before him are Bruce Hornsby, Wim Crusio, Stephen Furst, Donald Petrie, Olga Knyazeva, and Aziz Salihu. After him are Irina Levitina, James Morrison, Juan Antonio Corbalán, Valery Garkalin, Ann Cleeves, and Cass Sunstein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis Sachar ranks 10,336 out of 20,380. Before him are Dave Franco (1985), Magic Slim (1937), Jeff Ament (1963), Rick Rude (1958), Joey Belladonna (1960), and George Woods (1943). After him are Michael Lewis (1960), Lily Rabe (1982), Robert Blust (1940), Curt Schilling (1966), Don Gordon (1926), and Keen Johnson (1896).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Louis Sachar ranks 772. Before him are George B. Seitz (1888), Robert B. Sherman (1925), Julia Alvarez (1950), Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806), Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818), and Kathryn Stockett (1969). After him are Michael Lewis (1960), Kevin J. Anderson (1962), David Halberstam (1934), Patricia A. McKillip (1948), John Logan (1961), and Walker Percy (1916).

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