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Holes

May 9, 2000 | Children's paperback
ISBN: 9780440414803
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Description

Stanley Yelnats's family has a history of bad luck, so he isn't too surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to a boys' juvenile detention center, Camp Green Lake. There is no lake - it has been dry for over a hundred years - and it's hardly a camp. As punishment, the boys must each dig a hole a day, five feet deep, five feet across, in the hard earth of the dried-up lake bed. The warden claims that this pointless labor builds character, but she is really using the boys to dig for loot buried by the Wild West outlaw Kissin' Kate Barlow. The story of Kissin' Kate, and of a curse put on Stanley's great-great-grandfather by a one-legged Gypsy, weaves a narrative puzzle that tangles and untangles, until it becomes clear that the hand of fate has been at work in the lives of the characters - and their forebears - for generations.

About this 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.

ISBN: 9780440414803
Format: Children's paperback
Series: HOLES
Pages: 288
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2000-05-09

Reviews

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 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

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