Holes: (Newbery Medal Winner; National Book Award Winner)

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ● NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER ● NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER

The triumphant modern classic for readers of all ages, Holes is an unforgettable story of adventure, redemption, and coming of age.

Stanley Yelnats's family has a history of bad luck, so he isn't too surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to a boys' juvenile detention center, Camp Green Lake. But there is no lake--it has been dry for over a hundred years--and it's hardly a camp: as punishment, the boys must each dig a hole a day, five feet deep, five feet across, in the hard earth of the dried-up lake bed. The warden claims that this pointless labor builds character, but that's a lie. Stanley must try to dig up the truth.

In this wonderfully inventive, compelling novel that is both serious and funny, Louis Sachar weaves a narrative puzzle about crime and punishment that tangles and untangles, until it becomes clear that the hand of fate has been at work in the lives of the characters--and their forebears--for generations.

Praise for Holes:

"Wildly inventive." --The New York Times Book Review

"[A] rugged, engrossing adventure." --Kirkus Reviews

"A can't-put-it-down read." --The Bulletin

★ "Dazzling." --Publishers Weekly, starred review

★ "Heartrending." --The Horn Book, starred review

★ "Brilliant." --School Library Journal, starred review

"A joyful, eerie tour de force." --The Boston Sunday Globe

Author: Louis Sachar
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 06/26/2018
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.59w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9780374312640

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.6
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 28081 / Holes