# Louis Sachar — books assigned in US schools

**5** books by Louis Sachar appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Lexile range:** 660L–660L
**Grade span:** 3–9
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/louis-sachar
**Wikipedia (entity):** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Sachar
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- friendship (2)
- family legacy
- fate vs choice
- humor
- imagination
- justice
- racial history
- school

## Genres

- Humor
- Middle Grade Fiction

## Every Louis Sachar title on file

- [Wayside School Is Falling Down](https://readinglist.school/book/wayside-school-is-falling-down) _(Grades 3–5 · 1989)_
- [Holes](https://readinglist.school/book/holes) _(660L · Grades 4–7 · 1998)_
- [There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom](https://readinglist.school/book/theres-a-boy-in-the-girls-bathroom) _(Grades 4–6 · 2004)_
- [Small Steps](https://readinglist.school/book/small-steps) _(Grades 6–9 · 2010)_
- [Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger](https://readinglist.school/book/wayside-school-gets-a-little-stranger) _(Grades 4–6 · 2021)_

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