Which adult mystery comedy novel was written by Louis Sachar and wone the 1998 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature?
Louis Sachar Louis Sachar ( ; born March 20, 1954) is an American writer of children's books. He is best known for the "Wayside School" series and "Holes".
Mercury Rising Mercury Rising is a 1998 American political action thriller film starring Bruce Willis and Alec Baldwin. Directed by Harold Becker, the movie is based on Ryne Douglas Pearson's 1996 novel originally published as "Simple Simon". Willis plays Art Jeffries, an undercover FBI agent who protects a 9-year-old boy with autism who is targeted by government assassins after he cracks a top secret government code.