Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Yearling
Pages
233
Description
Dig deep in this award-winning, modern classic that will remind readers that adventure is right around the corner--or just under your feet!
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.
"A smart jigsaw puzzle of a novel." —New York Times
*Includes a double bonus: an excerpt from Small Steps, the follow-up to Holes, as well as an excerpt from the New York Times bestseller Fuzzy Mud.
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.
"A smart jigsaw puzzle of a novel." —New York Times
*Includes a double bonus: an excerpt from Small Steps, the follow-up to Holes, as well as an excerpt from the New York Times bestseller Fuzzy Mud.
Series
Collection
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
233 p.; 7.6 inches
ISBN
0440414806 / 9780440414803
UPC
042516291046
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Lexile
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User reviews
LibraryThing member Regan521
Holes is about a boy named Stanley who is accused of stealing shoes. He is sent to a camp in the middle of nowhere to suffer his punishment. Stanley and a group of boys dig holes all day in the hot sun. In this book, Stanley grows as a person, finds out some of his family history, and makes some
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great friends along the way. I would use this book in an ELA classroom. This book could be used to teach students about racism, greed, and friendship. Show Less
LibraryThing member taralentz
Stanley Yelnats is sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention camp, for a crime he did not commit. Everyday the boys at the camp have to build five feet wide and five feet deep holes in the desert, where an old lake was. Stanley realizes that the boys are digging holes for a reason and sets out
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to find out why they are digging. There are flash backs to the past they help the reader figure out what is happening in the book. Show Less
LibraryThing member riida
when i started this book, i thought i made a mistake cause i really was not in the mood for another YA story. by the end of the first part, i am thoroughly hooked and very emotionally invested! i dont really want to talk details or i may not be able to control myself from spoiling the story.
(ps...i just found out that there's a sequel to the book...i'm not sure i will pick it up. the ending of this first book was perfect for me.)
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suffice it to say, this was easy reading/listening and was a wonderful adventure and redemption story! (ps...i just found out that there's a sequel to the book...i'm not sure i will pick it up. the ending of this first book was perfect for me.)
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Call number
J3E.Sac