Fuzzy Mud, Louis Sachar
Fuzzy Mud, Louis Sachar
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Fuzzy Mud

Author: Louis Sachar

Narrator: Kathleen McInerney, Louis Sachar

Unabridged: 4 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/04/2015


Synopsis

From the author of the acclaimed bestseller Holes, winner of the Newbery Award and the National Book Award, comes a new middle-grade novel with universal appeal. Combining horror-movie suspense with the issues of friendship, bullying, and the possibility of ecological disaster, this novel will intrigue, surprise, and inspire readers and compel them to think twice about how they treat others as well as their environment.
 
Be careful. Your next step may be your last.

Fifth grader Tamaya Dhilwaddi and seventh grader Marshall Walsh have been walking to and from Woodridge Academy together since elementary school. But their routine is disrupted when bully Chad Hilligas challenges Marshall to a fight. To avoid the conflict, Marshall takes a shortcut home through the off-limits woods. Tamaya, unaware of the reason for the detour, reluctantly follows. They soon get lost. And then they find trouble. Bigger trouble than anyone could ever have imagined.
 
In the days and weeks that follow, the authorities and the U.S. Senate become involved, and what they uncover might affect the future of the world.

Read by Kathleen McInerney with Mark Bramhall, Jesse Bernstein, Robertson Dean, Kimberly Farr, Stephen Hoye, John H. Mayer, Adenrele Ojo, Samantha Quan, Allyson Ryan, Bruce Turk, and Louis Sachar

About The Author

LOUIS SACHAR is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Holes, which won the Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Christopher Award, as well as Stanley Yelnats’ Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake; Small Steps, winner of the Schneider Family Book Award; and The Cardturner, a Publishers Weekly Best Book, a Parents’ Choice Gold Award recipient, and an ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book. His books for younger readers include There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom, The Boy Who Lost His Face, Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes, and the Marvin Redpost series, among many others.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer on December 27, 2015

Fuzzy Mud is a middle-grade environmental/bioterror/suspense/mystery/thriller/ family drama/comedy novel written by Louis Sachar. Yes...all those genres. It'll keep kids engaged for sure. Louis Sachar knows how to scare kids. He also knows how to get a message across. In this novel, it seems the cha......more

Goodreads review by emma on December 29, 2021

this was the first advance copy i ever received in my life! it did not go very well. i'm not going to read into it. part of a series i'm doing in which i half-heartedly review books i read a long time ago......more

Goodreads review by JohnnyBear on February 04, 2022

8 out of 10 Fuzzy Mud is a book about a girl named Tamaya. She goes to this very unique school, and she has a best friend named Marshall. One day, the two of them are walking home when they are attacked by a local bully. Tamaya takes a handful of this fuzzy mud and throws it at the bully's face. Lat......more

Goodreads review by Liza on February 10, 2017

I really love Louis Sachar. He is so imaginative and his descriptions are vivid. I listened to this book with my daughter, and she never allowed me to stop leaving her on cliff hanging. Tamaya is such a good girl, that is always doing as she was asked. It is not always easy to be good, But if you ac......more


Quotes

A New York Times Bestseller
Winner of the Georgia Children's Award and the Buckeye Children's Teen Book Award (Ohio)



"Grounded in well-rounded central characters, this compelling novel holds as much suspense as fuel for discussion.”—Booklist, Starred

"Fast-paced. An exciting story of school life, and bullies that becomes a quick meditation on the promise and dangers of modern science."—Kirkus Reviews

"This engaging eco-cautionary tale... will captivate readers while giving them plenty to think about."—School Library Journal

". . . vintage Sachar for the way it brings big ideas to everyday drama."—The Horn Book

"Sachar blends elements of mystery, suspense, and school-day life into a taut environmental cautionary tale."—Publishers Weekly

"An engrossing plot . . .a most entertaining ride . . . .Readers will devour this delightful book just as they did with HOLES. A unique story that keeps readers on their toes."—VOYA

"Sachar is a master at compact and unintimidating plotting; the school story unfolds with swift authenticity in its own right and then becomes tautly suspenseful."—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

". . .lively narrative . . . snappy dialogue and plenty of action."—Shelf Awareness


Awards

  • Colorado Children's Book Award
  • Georgia Children's Book Award
  • Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award
  • Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award
  • Nebraska Golden Sower Award
  • North Carolina Children's Book Award
  • Ohio Buckeye Children's Book Award
  • Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award
  • Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award
  • Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
  • Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award