Fuzzy Mud

amaya and Marshall take a shortcut home through the woods to escape a bully — and find something that shouldn't exist: a patch of strange, fuzzy mud that seems almost alive. When Tamaya touches it, a rash spreads across her hand, then across the school, then further. Part mystery, part eco-thriller, this is Louis Sachar at his page-turning best, about a small shortcut with enormous consequences.