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. Louis Sachar's young adult novel 'Holes' won the Newbery Medal in 1999 and was adapted into a 2003 movie starring Shia LaBeouf. The story takes place in a juvenile detention facility for boys.

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• Winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award This #1 New York Times bestselling, modern classic in which boys are forced to dig holes day in and day out is now available with a splashy new look. 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. Includes a double bonus: an excerpt from Small Steps, the follow-up to Holes, as well as an excerpt from Louis Sachar's new middle-grade novel, Fuzzy Mud. 'A smart jigsaw puzzle of a novel.' -- The New York Times WINNER OF THE BOSTON GLOBE-HORN BOOK AWARD A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK SELECTED FOR NUMEROUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AND ALA HONORS

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• Random House Children's Books
• 044022859x
• 9780440228592
• 1885901

Product Key Features

• Paperback
• 2001
• English

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Holes is a 1998 young adult novel written by Louis Sachar and first published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The book centers around an unlucky teenage boy named.

• 4.8 Oz
• 4.2in.
• 0.7in.
• 6.9in.

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• 22
• Seventh Grade
• Fic
• Fifth Grade
• 10-12
• 1998
• Louis Sachar
• 272 Pages
• 2001-08-14
• 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, '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