Holes
About this product
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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Editor's Take
Amazon reviewers say Holes is a fun, captivating, and carefully staged read, with great characters and a story that works especially well for preteens and middle-grade readers. Amazon feedback also notes that it is deceptively easy to read while still being intricate and engaging, though opinions are mixed on the plot because some readers find it unrealistic or strange.
On Reddit, users describe it as an outstanding book and one of the greatest book-to-movie adaptations of all time. Review blogs similarly praise its suspense, humor, friendship themes, and clever storytelling, while a few reviewers say the ending or certain plot choices are less satisfying than the rest of the novel.
YouTube search results surfaced multiple real review videos for this exact book, including review and discussion videos that appear to focus directly on Holes by Louis Sachar.
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Specifications
| Illustrated | No |
Product Details
| Publisher | Yearling |
| Publication date | May 9, 2000 |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 288 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0440414806 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0440414803 |
| Item Weight | 2.31 pounds |
| Reading age | 9+ years, from customers |
| Dimensions | 5.23 x 0.69 x 7.58 inches |
| Book 1 of 2 | Holes |
| Grade level | 5 - 6 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #93 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Children's Mystery, Detective, & Spy #1 in Children's Self-Esteem Books #3 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (36,710) |
