Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar

Book Review: Fuzzy Mud

Rating: 4 out of 5

I'm pretty sure most of you guys reading this have heard of Louis Sachar. He's a well known author, mainly for his Wayside School series, and the book Holes. I never actually heard of this book until I received it as a gift. I put it aside for a few years, but I finally came around to reading it, and I really liked this book. It's part of the thriller genre, so I'd say that's another thing that drew me to it. 

Tamaya, Chad, and Marshall attend Woodbridge Academy, in Heath Cliff, Pennsylvania. Tamaya is a good, straight-A student, and follows all the rules. Chad is a popular school bully, who just recently started attending Woodbridge Academy. Marshall was a popular student, but ever since he got on Chad’s bad side, he lost all his popularity and friends. 

Tamaya isn’t allowed to walk home by herself, so she and Marshall always walk home from school together. But when Marshall is challenged to a fight by Chad, he decides to take a shortcut through the woods, and Tamaya reluctantly follows him. Unfortunately, Chad finds them, and in the heat of the moment, Tamaya throws strange looking mud in Chad’s face. The next morning, Tamaya discovers a terrible rash on her arm where she touched the mud. Even worse, Chad is missing from school the next day. Tamaya realizes that there is more to the forest than people let on. 

I liked this book because it reminded me of life right now. The idea of a non-curable virus threatening the world, and coming up with a vaccine is very similar to our situation. Louis Sachar changes perspective and time between chapters, from Tamaya and Marshall to the transcripts of the Senate hearings. This book is perfect for people in the middle grades. Fuzzy Mud is a thrilling, fast paced ecological mystery. It is a great book if you want an exciting read.

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