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Holes

By: Louis Sachar
Narrated by: Kerry Beyer, Louis Sachar
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Publisher's summary

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!

©1998 Louis Sachar (P)1999 Random House, Inc., Listening Library, An Imprint Of Random House Audio Publishing Group

Critic reviews

Winner of the Newbery Medal

Winner of the National Book Award

#1 New York Times Bestseller

A New York Public Library's 100 Great Children's Books 100 Years Selection

"A dazzling blend of social commentary, tall tale and magic realism."—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"There is no question, kids will love Holes."—School Library Journal, Starred Review

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

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Just plain amazing

This was a great book with a amazing story line, sad but every chapter ended with something happy. Overall a great book for all ages.👍

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Loved the story

I really enjoyed this story. I loved the sound of the voicd reading aswell. I listened to the entire book and then realized that it was 2 in the morning. Overall, great book with an even better story.

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Wonderful read

Truly an entertaining book. Somewhat funny, an interesting and a well developed story. The only thing wrong with it is that it ended too soon.

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As good as the movie!

This is one of my favorite kid movies so I was excited for a fun, light-hearted listen. Although the narrator’s voice isn’t quite as good as the movie, the book itself is spot-on! Great story and I love how it all comes together at the end. Thanks Louis sachar for doing such a lovely job with the book and screenplay :)

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This book is great

I really like this book because it has adventure and mystery’s. You should read this book.

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It was an interesting story, which could've been a little better, but also definitely could've been worse. I really liked how everything spun together into a cohesive conclusion. The narrator was fairly good, and he did differentiate between characters pretty well. All in all a pretty good read(listen?).

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AMAZING


My teacher suggested me this and i love it! This Is so AmAZINGLY AWESOME!

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Fun Fast Read

A wonderful concept mixed with good old fashioned story telling and a character you can’t help smiling at.

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It was great!

I really enjoyed the book. My students loved the story and we answered questions at the end of every chapter. I love the bookmark feature - makes teaching it a lot easier.

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It is a young adult novel.

This tale won't build vocab, but it addresses moral and racial and generational tensions. I enjoyed it while hiking.

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