An unmanageable, but loveable,eleven-year-old misfit learns to believe in himself when he gets to know the new school counselor, who is a sort of misfit, too. Winner of 17 Children's Choice Awards nationwide, here is Louis Sachar's most beloved novel. "A humorous and immensely appealing story...Readers are likely to come away with the sense that they've been rooting for themselves too"-- "Kirkus." An IRA/CBC Children's Choice