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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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"Stanely Ylenats has a streak of bad luck running in his family. Stanely's dad is an inventor. He has not hit ot big, but says he knows he will soon. Stanely found himself in the wrong spot at the wrong time. Someone stole a pair of sneekers, that were a proffesionals. The person who stole them stashed them by throwing them over the bridge. Stanely just happened upon the shoes and got in trouble for havong them. Stanely was sent to camp green lake. Stanely was excited that he got to go to camp. He was from a poor family, and this sounded like fun. When Stanely got to camp Green lake he quickly found out that this camp was not going to be any fun. Camp Green Lake was dried up and an open area of dirt. At Camp Green lake the boys were forced to dig holes as deep as there shovels and as wide. The boys are full of mischief. Many events happen through out the book. Stanely becomes friends with Zero. He teaches Zero to read. Zero gets very upset and runs away. The boys are scared because he has little water and it is very hot. Stanely finds him and together they climb a mountain. They find great treasures on the mountain. The treasures eventually close camp Green Lake."
— Ranae (5 out of 5 stars)
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“Funny. Sachar inserts humor that gives the suspense steep edges…Nothing is quite what it seems in this wildly inventive novel.”
— New York Times Book Review -
“A dazzling blend of social commentary, tall tale, and magic realism.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review) -
“There is no question, kids will love Holes.”
— School Library Journal (starred review) -
“Louis Sachar has the ability to see the underside of life from a humorous angle.”
— Parents’ Choice
Awards
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Winner of the 1999 Newbery Medal
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Winner of the 1998 National Book Award for Young People's Literature
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A New York Times bestseller
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Winner of the 2001 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award: Young Reader's Choice
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A 1999 ALA Top Book for Young Adults
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Winner of the 1999 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
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Winner of the 2000 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award
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Winner of the 2002 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award
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A 1998 New York Times Notable Book for Children
Holes Listener Reviews
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" Holes is a really good book. It is about a boy, who's under a curse, and he's stuck for 18 months at Camp Green Lake, a camp for naughty boys. I think this book teaches you mostly about persistence and it has got a Newberry Award. I recommend it for kids and adults. "
— Ana, 2/19/2014 -
" funny cool and interesting to read i do not want to spoil the fun but Stanley Yelnats is a boy who unluckily gets accused of stealing a famous persons shoes and has to survive at a mean camp where they discipline naughty kids "
— ken, 2/13/2014 -
" I loved the part where they were eating foot odor repellent called Sploosh! "
— Skylar, 2/7/2014 -
" Holes was a quirky and enjoyable story. I liked how everything dove-tailed in the end. The narration by Kerry Beyer fit the story. I liked his rendition of the lullaby. "
— Tressa, 2/3/2014 -
" This story is a real page turner but unfortunetly there isnt much action. "
— Oliwia, 1/25/2014 -
" Once again no action or thrills "
— Grace, 1/15/2014 -
" I REALLY loved the movie and this book as well!!!! "
— Geneviene, 1/9/2014 -
" I absolutely adore this book! it has such an unusual plot! "
— Grace, 1/2/2014 -
" Wasn't too crazy about it and gave up like halfway through the book... "
— Allison, 10/24/2013 -
" Good "
— Kt, 9/10/2013 -
" I like this "
— Louis sachar, 8/15/2013 -
" Wonderful. Finished it, for the second time, yesterday. Read it to my daughter, who loves it as much as I do. It manages to be realistic, fantastic, adventurous, mysterious, funny, suspenseful, and touching. It's a 3-ring circus of a book. "
— Sheela, 4/25/2013 -
" rrl good, liked the movie better "
— Dena, 4/1/2013 -
" Have heard about this one for years and finally read it on Kindle. Loved it! "
— Sue, 1/28/2013 -
" I saw the movie before reading the book, but I enjoyed the book a bit more. I felt like I got more detail and picked up on more when reading the book. "
— Mimi, 6/23/2012 -
" Omg I remember this book it's AMAZING and so was the MOVIE :D "
— Hi, 1/8/2012 -
" really good book. first book that is isn't necessarily for teens. might by book 2 "
— Alexandre, 11/7/2011 -
" About a Stanley Yelnats is a good boy, but is some how framed for a crime he didn't comite. Now he will have to. Dig holes?? Will he? Reads this book to find out!!!!! "
— Thomas, 5/23/2011 -
" it was pretty good . "
— Kelsey, 5/21/2011 -
" it was a really good book we read it in class <br/>i liked it i think its better than the movie <br/> <br/> "
— Ruby, 5/21/2011 -
" Remember really liking it. Switches around time and place and characters, but everything fits together. "
— Ruis, 5/19/2011 -
" Everything a kid's book should be. "
— Chris, 5/17/2011 -
" Holes is AMAZING, yet very confusing. "
— Tatum, 5/16/2011 -
" Excellent book, a sort of personal childhood classic. Gotta love the cover, too. "
— Maddie, 5/16/2011
About Louis Sachar
Louis Sachar is the author of the New York Times bestseller Holes, which won the Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Christopher Award. He also wrote Stanley Yelnats’ Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake; Small Steps, winner of the Schneider Family Book Award; and The Cardturner, a Publishers Weekly Best Book, a Parents’ Choice Gold Award recipient, and an ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book. His books for younger readers include There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom, The Boy Who Lost His Face, Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes, and the Marvin Redpost series, among many others.