Holes

Author(s): Louis Sachar

Junior Fiction

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 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. It is a darkly humorous tale of crime, punishment, and redemption.


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'Holes is one of those instant classics that adults, as well as children over eight, will thoroughly enjoy. Sachar has created something quite different from JK Rowling or Philip Pullman, but no less enchanting' Independent on Sunday

'If you want a witty, moving read that grabs you and never lets up, look no further than Holes' The Daily Telegraph

'Forget the fame and glamour of Holes, the movie and the rest. Just remember Camp Green Lake and that story that gave us one of the best books of the last ten years' Books for Keeps

20 Years in Print Winner of the National Book Award "Dazzling" --Publishers Weekly, starred review "Heartrending" --The Horn Book,starred review "Brilliant" --School Library Journal,starred review "Engrossing" --Kirkus Reviews "A joyful, eerie tour de force" --The Boston Sunday Globe "Wildly inventive" --The New York Times Book Review

Louis Sachar lives in Austin, Texas, where he writes his novels and plays quite a lot of bridge. His novel Holes has sold over 1.5 million copies in the Bloomsbury edition alone and Louis is the recipient of many of the world's best regarded book prizes, including the National Book Award and the Newbery Award.

General Fields

  • : 9781408865231
  • : Bloomsbury
  • : Bloomsbury Children's Books
  • : 0.179
  • : July 2015
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Louis Sachar
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : FIC