Fuzzy Mud - Louis Sachar

\nFrom Louis Sachar, the multi-award-winning author of Holes, comes the New York Times bestseller that's been nominated for 13 state awards and counting \n \nThey got lost. \nThe world got scared. \nAnd the mud got fuzzy. \n \nFifth grader Tamaya Dhilwaddi and seventh grader Marshall Walsh have been walking to and from Woodridge Academy together since elementary school. But their routine is disrupted when bully Chad Hilligas challenges Marshall to a fight. \nTo avoid the conflict, Marshall takes a shortcut home through the off-limits woods. Tamaya, unaware of the reason for the detour, reluctantly follows. They soon get lost. And then they find trouble. Bigger trouble than anyone could ever have imagined. What they uncover might affect the future of the world. \n \nFUZZY MUD is an imaginative and suspenseful story of the great lengths we'll go to for friendship and family, the mishaps and breakthroughs that are made in the name of science, and the wonders of mud . . . fuzzy mud. \n \n \nA JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION \nA FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR \n \nThe children are well-realized characters and agents within their immediate social worlds . . . and] the very fate of the world is at stake. --The New York Times \n \nHolds as much suspense as fuel for discussion. --Booklist, Starred \n\n