Small Steps (2006)

by Louis Sachar

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Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Louis Sachar	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Guip, Amy	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Warren-Lynch, Isabel	Cover designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Canonical title

Small Steps

Original title

Small Steps

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2006

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"Armpit" Theodore Johnson

Kaira DeLeon

Ginny McDonald

"X-Ray" Rex Washburn

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Iowa Teen Award Nominee (2007-2008)

Schneider Family Book Award (Teen, 2007)

Concorde Book Award Short List (2008)

NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (2007)

IBBY Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities (2009.5 | Books from the regular production, 2009)

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To Laura and Nancy,
for all you taught me

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Once again Armpit was holding a shovel, only now he was getting paid for it, seven dollars and sixty-five cents an hour.

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Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along.

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