wrote about him on the radio and accepts that his life cannot revolve around her; instead, he decides to continue with his plan of taking small steps towards making a better life for himself. Reception In a review for Holes, Josh Lacey commented Small Steps "has a lot to recommend - funny things, a fast-moving story, some emotive scenes, an interesting central character - but does inevitably suffer by comparison with Sachar's last novel." During his review for the New York Times, A.O. Scott praised the novel's prose as being "clear and relaxed, and funny in a low-key, observant way," and observed that unlike Holes, in Small Steps "the realism is more conventional, and the book sticks more closely to the genre of young-adult problem literature." Publishing history Sachar, Louis. Small Steps. New York: Delacorte, 2006. Print. Sachar, Louis. Small Steps, Holes Series, New York: Delacorte, 2006. Press. References 2006 American novels Novels by Louis Sachar Sequel novels American young adult novels Novels set in Austin, Texas Novels set in San Francisco Delacorte Press books Bloomsbury Publishing books Doubleday Canada books