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Yearling Books, 2000-09-05

Holes

Holes

Holes

Louis Sachar, Author

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9780440414803

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After being sent unjustly to a boys' detention center, Stanley is forced by the warden to dig holes everyday. While the warden claims it's to build character, it doesn't take Stanley long to realize there's more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. Stanley decides he needs to dig up the truth about what the warden is looking for.
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Past and present intertwine in this intricately structured novel that invites readers to reflect on justice, character, and the consequences of choices. Wry humor, resilience, and deep loyalty elevate this story of hardship into one that also celebrates friendship, growth, and the possibility of redemption.

Keywords and Themes: Action & Adventure • Courage • Friendship • Growth • Humor • Identity • Justice • Juvenile Fiction • Mysteries & Detective Stories • Mystery • Perseverance • Redemption • Resilience • Social Themes

Readability • 4.6

Age Range • 10-0

Pages • 288

Subjects • Juvenile delinquency • Homeless persons • Friendship • Treasure troves • Texas • Buried treasure

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship • Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries & Detective Stories • Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure

This groundbreaking classic is now available in a special anniversary edition with bonus content. Winner of the Newbery Medal as well as the National Book Award, HOLES is a New York Times bestseller and one of the strongest-selling middle-grade books to ever hit shelves!

Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. But there are an awful lot of holes.

It doesn't take long for Stanley to realize there's more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. But what could be buried under a dried-up lake? Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment
--and redemption.

Special anniversary edition bonus content includes: A New Note From the Author!; "Ten Things You May Not Know About HOLES" by Louis Sachar; and more!
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