Bradley Chalkers is the oldest kid in the class, and the loneliest. He tells enormous lies, picks fights, and nobody \u2014 teachers included \u2014 wants to sit near him. Then the new school counsellor arrives, and she does something nobody else has tried: she likes him. Funny, painful and quietly hopeful, this is Louis Sachar’s classic about what it takes for the worst kid in school to make his first real friend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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