Holes
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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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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I'm sort of torn on how I'd rate this book. Maybe three and a half stars. I know it was (and is?) very popular, so I'm probably missing something about it. The story was certainly unusual and kept my attention. But the ending was rather improbable. Ultimately I'm not really sure what it was about!
I read Holes with my two boys (ages 12 and 13). I somehow never read it when I was younger, even though it’s one of those books that people always talk about as a classic.
For us, it ended up being a little underwhelming. My boys thought it was just okay, and I felt similarly. The story was interesting, but at times it felt a bit repetitive. That may have been intentional, but it didn’t fully land for me.
That said, this book is written for a younger audience, so the storytelling is simpler and more straightforward than many of the books I usually read. I can see how it would be a really fun and memorable story for kids encountering it at the right age.
Overall, it was a quick read and an interesting experience to share with my boys. We’re planning to watch the movie next, and I’m curious to see how it compares to the book.
You will have to fill in the holes yourself.
A sweet little story I remembered half reading when I was younger. It was filled with adventure, humor, struggles, flashbacks, character building and a whole lot of onions
A sweet little story I remembered half reading when I was younger. It was filled with adventure, humor, struggles, flashbacks, character building and a whole lot of onions
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