Holes

Winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award This #1 New York Times bestseller is a 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.

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.

"A smart jigsaw puzzle of a novel." --The New York Times

WINNER OF THE BOSTON GLOBE-HORN BOOK AWARD
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK
SELECTED FOR NUMEROUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AND ALA HONORS

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Yearling Books
Published: 05/09/2000
ISBN: 9780440414803
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.20w x 0.80d
Award: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Winner
Award: Buckeye Children's Book Award - Winner
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Winner
Award: Young Reader's Choice Award - Winner
Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Winner
Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Winner

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 05/15/2000 pg. 119
Booklist 01/01/2001 pg. 978
Entertainment Weekly 11/14/2014 pg. 111

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