• Holes

Holes

Author
Publication Date
May 09, 2000
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  4th − 5th
Language
English
Holes

Description
Stanley's been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center where the warden makes the boys "build character" by digging holes. Stanley realizes the boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. But what could be buried under a dried-up lake?
Publication date
May 09, 2000
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780440414803
Lexile Measure
660
Guided Reading Level
V
Publisher
Laurel Leaf Library
Series
Holes
BISAC categories
JUV039000 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
Homeless persons
Texas
Buried treasure
Juvenile delinquency
Treasure troves

Publishers Weekly

With an ever-so-slight Texas twang, Beyer transports listeners to barren, blistering-hot Camp Green Lake, the juvenile correctional facility where Stanley Yelnats is serving a sentence he doesn't deserve. If it weren't for lousy luck, Stanley would have no luck at all--a condition that his family traces to Stanley's ""no-good dirty-rotten pig-stealing great-great-grandfather."" Stanley toughs out his time with an unflagging sense of humor, considering he and his fellow offenders must each dig a hole five feet wide and five feet deep every day with little water and the constant threat of poisonous lizards. But as Stanley gets into the swing of things, he and his new pal Zero discover that the warden actually has them digging for buried treasure--treasure that is somehow linked to the Yelnats family curse. Beyer's buoyant, boyish manner ensures that Sachar's witty novel, winner of both the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award, makes a smooth transition to audio. The short chapters breeze along for a thoroughly entertaining listen. Ages 8-up. (May)

Copyright 2000 Publisher's Weekly LLC. Used with Permission.

This book is amazing!

Again this book was amazing and it really made me feel like I was there. I recommend this book to any interested readers.

holes

It was ok but I don't like reading

holes

pretty good

Holes

I would say this book is very very interesting the movie is even better. The book holes is a fun cool book about this guy named Stanley Yelnats and he is sent to a camp to dig.

Good book

Holes is a good book and I highly recommend it. I really enjoyed reading it and I would definitely read it again.

Holes

Not my favorite book ever, creative but not interesting.

Holes - must read!

Good climax very interesting

Louis Sachar
Newbery Award winner Louis Sachar is the author of The Boy Who Lost His Face, the Marvin Redpost books, and the much-loved There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, winner of 19 child-voted state awards.

Louis Sachar's book Holes, winner of the 1999 Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, is also an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, an ALA Quick Pick, and an ALA Notable Book, and was made into a major motion picture.
Newbery Medal
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Winner 1999 - 1999
Garden State Children's Book Awards
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Winner 2001 - 2001
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