Small Steps Audiobook

Quotes

• “His prose is clear and relaxed, and funny in a low-key, observant way.”

  — New York Times

• “Sachar has a talent for creating realistic relationships between unlikely friends. Although that’s a staple device of children’s literature, it often works by drawing on clichés. Sachar’s characters, though, are never stereotypes, but always vividly alive.”

  — Los Angeles Times

• “Louis Sachar is magic to the toughest circle of critics: librarians, children’s booksellers, teachers—and, most of all, kids.”

  — USA Today

• “Sachar’s touch is as deft as ever and the book is a page-turner.”

  — Detroit Free-Press

• Louis Sachar is magic to the toughest circle of critics: librarians, children’s booksellers, teachers – and, most of all, kids.

  — USA Today

• Sachar’s touch is as deft as ever and the book is a page-turner.

  — Detroit Free-Press

• "Mr. Sachar's gentle but surefire approach nails down challenging issues such as racism, teen romance and drugs.

  — Dallas Morning News

• "Sachar has a talent for creating realistic relationships between unlikely friends. Although that's a staple device of children's literature, it often works by drawing on clichés. Sachar's characters, though, are never stereotypes, but always vividly alive.

  — Los Angeles Times

• His prose is clear and relaxed, and funny in a low-key, observant way.

  — New York Times

• Part of what makes Small Steps so believable and appealing is that its characters do have insecurities, and they aren’t ashamed to let them show.

  — BookPage

• Sachar is a master storyteller who creates memorable characters.

  — School Library Journal"Cleverly wrought…heartwarming, witty and suspenseful.

• A dazzling blend of social commentary, tall tale and magic realism.

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• A brilliant achievement.

  — School Library Journal

• A smart jigsaw puzzle of a novel.

  — The New York Times

• Imaginative plotting and memorable characters make this novel a winner.

  — Book Magazine