After his tenure at Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying to play it straight. He’s doing pretty well until X-Ray comes along with a plan to make some fast money scalping concert tickets. In “Small Steps” we see how one bad decision and the ensuing occurrances changes Armpit’s life in remarkable ways.

Sachar keeps the style of telling the story from several perspectives, and does it well. This story is less magical and less funny than “Holes”, and more moralistic. In Holes, Stanley was in trouble by accident; he never actually committed any crime. In “Small Steps”, Armpit is well-intentioned, but he did agree to participate in ticket scalping.

It was a good story. It reads easily, and it’s engaging. But there isn’t anything special about it. It’s no “Holes”. But it’s worth a read.

I think this book is great work by Mr. Sachar.

I got the chance to see him and even got it signed.

Great Book