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The Boy Who Lost His Face
- Author
- Louis Sachar
- Narrator
- Christopher Gebauer
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 16 September 2025
- Run Time
- 4 hours 30 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying, violence, abuse and peer pressure, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying and harassment
What to expect
The classic novel from Newbery Medalist and National Book Award winner Louis Sachar (Holes)!
David is only trying to be cool when he helps some of the popular kids steal Old Lady Bayfield’s cane. But when the plan backfires, he’s the one the “old witch” curses. Now David can’t seem to do anything right. The cool kids taunt him and his only friends are freaks. He even walks into Spanish class with his fly unzipped! And when he finally gets up the nerve to ask out a cute girl, his pants fall down in midsentence. Is it the Bayfield curse at work? Or is David simply turning into a total loser?
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- Author
- Louis Sachar
- Narrator
- Christopher Gebauer
- Duration
- 4 hours 30 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 September 2025
- ISBN
- 9798897566983
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying, violence, abuse and peer pressure, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying and harassment
Synopsis
The classic novel from Newbery Medalist and National Book Award winner Louis Sachar (Holes)! David is only trying to be cool when he helps some of the popular kids steal Old Lady Bayfield’s cane. But when the plan backfires, he’s the one the “old witch” curses. Now David can’t seem to do anything right. The cool kids taunt him and his only friends are freaks. He even walks into Spanish class with his fly unzipped! And when he finally gets up the nerve to ask out a cute girl, his pants fall down in midsentence. Is it the Bayfield curse at work? Or is David simply turning into a total loser?
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