As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
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As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
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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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Awards
Winner of ALA Best Books for Young Adults 1999 Winner of ALA Notable Children's Book 1999 Winner of ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers 1999 Winner of Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award 2000 Winner of Florida Sunshine State Book Award 2002 Winner of Hawaii Nene Award 2001 Winner of Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award 2002 Winner of Kansas William White Award 2001 Winner of Kentucky Bluegrass Award 2000 Winner of Maine Student Book Award 2000
Critic Reviews
“A New York Public Library's 100 Great Children's Books 100 Years selection "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”
Winner of the Newbery Medal
Winner of the National Book Award
#1 New York Times Bestseller
A New York Public Library's 100 Great Children's Books 100 Years Selection
A PARADE BEST KIDS BOOK OF ALL TIME
"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
"[A] rugged, engrossing adventure." —Kirkus Reviews
"This delightfully clever story is well-crafted and thought-provoking." —VOYA
"[Sachar] comes fully, brilliantly into his own voice. This is a can't-put-it-down read." —The Bulletin
About the Author
Louis Sachar is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Holes, which won the Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Christopher Award, as well as Stanley Yelnats' Survival 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.
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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 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.
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