This winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award features Stanley Yelnats, a kid who 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 Yelnats. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys’ detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the warden makes the boys “build character” by spending all day, … day, every day, digging holes five feet wide and five feet deep. It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realize there’s more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake: the warden is looking for something. Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment—and redemption. From the Paperback edition.
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LOVED LOVED LOVED this book! The movie was almost word for word.
Awesome Must Read!
i wana read it, but im poor, it said it was free, but no. i have school work on this, due in 2 hours.
“Holes” by Louis Sachar is about Stanley, a young boy who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He is convicted of stealing expensive collectable sneakers and sent to Camp Green Lake, a camp for “youthful offenders” in the middle of the desert. Every day, in the hot sun, in the parched climate, every boy digs a hole. Readers learn the history …
My favorite part of this book it all the nicknames like zero, and barf bag lol
I thought this book was great. A must buy in my book.
It was entertainment
The movie is so true to this book that it’s like the book came alive! Love it!
This is one of my favorite books that got me into writing in the first place.
How can a book about digging holes be exciting? Read (or listen to) this book and find out! This is a story full of richly-drawn characters who show you that looks can be deceiving and you underestimate others at your peril. This book also handles the horrific reality of racial violence in a way that is honest but understandable for younger …
Well worth the reading time.
This was a fun, lighthearted read. I would recommend.
Awesome book, another one that I never get bored of no matter how many times I read it!
i love it @me134
i love this book
(4.5 / 5)
This is the story about 2 curses that come together in a place called Camp Green Lake, where there is no lake. Teenage boys are sent there for rehabilitation in the form of digging a hole the depth and width of their shovel every day. The camp’s newest inmate, Stanley Yelnats, quickly realizes there’s more to the hole-digging than …
Just something I love about this book everytime I read it!
Holes is such an amazing book it’s about how a young boy named Stanley Yelnats. His family is under a curse and Stanley’s family is always at the wrong place at the wrong time. He has to go to Camp Green Lake where he has to learn his lesson not to steal even thought he never did and he was just at the wrong place and the wrong time. He meets a …
I read Holes originally on the recommendation of a friend and, at first, I felt caught off guard. It starts out witty but depressing, but Stanley quickly caught my attention as an unusual character I wanted to know better. Plus there are so many unanswered questions—a mystery that must be solved for my peace of mind—that it had me turning the …
i loved it so it is my favorite
Best book ever