Holes
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4.5 • 2.4K Ratings
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Publisher Description
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!
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Holes is a YA novel that’s as fun to read as it is socially conscious. When Stanley Yelnats is remanded to a Texas camp for juvenile delinquents and charged with the Sisyphean task of digging holes in the scorching heat, he unearths remnants of a cruel, intolerant past. With each scoop of his shovel, Stanley sinks deeper into the mystery of the camp's true purpose. Tackling heady topics like incarceration, race, power, and justice, this 1999 Newbery Medal–winning story of destiny and redemption couldn’t feel more current today.
Customer Reviews
Love it!
I've read the book and saw the movie.A 5 star book and movie.
Holes
I think this book is amazing and I also think that a 5 yr old would LOVE this book!!! I'm 10 btw. I bet even a 2 year old could read this if he had just a little bit of help. Thanks for reading my review!!! 5 out of 5 star book.
Fantastic!
I've read the book back in elementary school. Absolutely loved it. Great language and style and the story is fantastic. Definitely a book worth reading. I'm even planning on rereading it.