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	• Small Steps (Readers Circle) Louis Sachar Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2008 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 102 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

surprisingly well-done

a couple of years ago, i read a book whose plot involved the protagonist going underground and finding a colony of humans living with giant insects. it sounded really stupid, but i was at camp with nothing to read, and when i did read the book, i found it surprisingly plausible. and that's the mark of a good author - an author who can make you believe anything.

i was equally dubious with Small Steps. I mean, boy goes to concert, meets rockstar, they get romatically involved, and he ends up saving her life? please. but it all made sense. not only that, it was moving, and showed some really good character developement. my favorite character was Ginny, Armpit's neighbor who has cerebral palsey. she's younger than Armpit, about nine or ten i guess, and they have some very cute conversations. and kaira was just the right mixture of rather spoiled star and sympathetic character.

the book is a lot deeper than holes, and it doesn't have holes' winning random wierdness. it's more of a book for kids to relate to, rather than just laugh at - which is not to say that Small Steps doesn't have plenty of humour:

"You should be a lawyer," said Ginny.
"A lawyer," said X-ray as he mulled it over. "Now you're talkin'. I'm good at the art of verbal persuasion."
"Otherwise known as BS," said Armpit.(p.252)

The point is, the only thing in common between Holes and its sequal is two characters, and that they're both really great books. Small Steps stands alone, as a great YA novel.

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small steps is a great book if you liked holes. it tells the story of armpit and x ray. it is full of interesting things that happen to them and his neibor that is only ten. armpit and x ray end up getting inftrouble for scalping tickets to a rock concert. then armpit runs into the rock singer. she likes him, and they start to have a romantic relationship. then the singer finds ot what he did.

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Great book!

Small Steps, The sequel to the bestseller "Holes", finds a boy trying to turn his life around ince and for all. In Holes, theodore (formerly known as "Armpit") was sent to Camp Green Lake for a crme he comitted. Now, after his release, he is trying to live life out normally. but when and old friend comes up with an idea to get money quick, will he take the offer?

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this book is awesome! but one complaint. I think the other kids from camp green lake should've been in it. but it was good anyways. i hope it turns in to a movie! and i hope louis sachar makes a third one. it was the best louis sachar book yet!

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