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Name: Fuzzy Mud
Rating: 4.125 (8 reviews)
Author: Louis Sachar

"Fuzzy Mud" follows fifth‑grade student Tamaya Dhilwaddi and seventh‑grade Marshall Walsh, who have traveled to and from Woodridge Academy together since elementary school. Their routine is shattered when bully Chad Hilligas challenges Marshall, prompting Marshall to take a shortcut through a forbidden forest. Tamaya, unaware of the reason for their detour, follows him, and soon the pair becomes lost. What begins as a simple escape soon turns into a harrowing ordeal. As days turn into weeks, local authorities and the U.S. Senate become involved, uncovering a mystery whose implications could threaten the future of the world.

First publish date: 2015

Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure

Authors: Louis Sachar

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