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ISBN: 043946336X
ISBN13: 9780439463362

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(Book #1 in the Holes Series)

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ISBN: 043946336X
ISBN13: 9780439463362
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A read copy, but remains in excellent condition.

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A read copy, but remains in excellent condition.

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Book Overview

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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Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
ISBN:
043946336X
ISBN13:
9780439463362
Release Date:
July 2003
Publisher:
Scholastic Reference
Length:
64 Pages
Weight:
0.15 lbs.
Dimensions:
8.3″ × 0.3″ × 5.3″
Age Range:
8 to 14 years
Grade Range:
Grades 3 to 9
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Holes Series by Louis Sachar

Holes Series

by Louis Sachar

Customer Reviews

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what an amazing book

loved this book so much i remember reading it as a child

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Excellent Read

I'd recommend every kiddo read this book, and every adult too. It tackles themes like racism and epigenetic trauma and poverty in ways that I think are very digestible for children. I can absolutely see why this book is so well loved and awarded; it is suited for younger ages but it definitely has a LOT of substance in its thin frame.

1

Louis Sachar has done it again.

Since laughing with the Wayside School books decades ago, to crying with this book, his stories captivate me, my parents, my children. Thank you!

0

Good book for learning to read

I read that back in my high school. It was good. I have seen the Disney movie of the same title. It’s pretty similar to the book. I liked Stanley Yelnats the fourth and Hector Zeroni. For Disney’s Holes and the book fans.

3

good book

its a good book Have loved it for a long time exicted to read it again

3

Son has seen the movie countless times!!

When I saw this book available for purchase, I decided to buy it for our 12 yo son. He loves the movie and has watched it more times than I probably even realize. I know books and movies usually differ but I check in on him and his opinion of the book and he says it's just the same as the movie so far. He is not a reader by any means but I continue to try and get him to enjoy it. This book is helping in that fight. I recommend it highly. And so does he.

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