Holes
By Louis Sachar
(Laurel Leaf, Mass Market Paperback, 9780440228592, 272pp.)
Publication Date: August 14, 2001
Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover (September 2, 2008), Compact Disc (May 23, 2006), Paperback (March 11, 2003), Audio Cassette (March 2003), Compact Disc (February 2001), Paperback (May 9, 2000), Prebound (May 2000), (May 2000), Audio Cassette (February 2000), Large Print (November 1999), Audio Cassette (December 1998), Hardcover (August 1998)
Categories: Social Issues - General
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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 Yelnats. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the warden makes the boys "build character" by spending all day, every day, digging holes: five feet wide and five feet deep. 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. Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment—and redemption.
Louis Sachar's popular books include There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom and Dogs Don't Tell Jokes.
"A dazzling blend of social commentary, tall tale and magic realism."
--Publishers Weekly, Starred
"There is no question, kids will love Holes."--School Library Journal, Starred
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