Troubled youth find destiny in arid detention.
"Holes" by Louis Sachar isn't just a book — it's a journey through resilience, destiny, and the power of history colliding with the present. It's a perfect blend of humor, mystery, and a poignant look at friendship and fairness. Young readers and adults alike will find meaning and excitement as the layers of Stanley's story unfold, reflecting the complexities of life and the satisfaction of a tale well told. It somehow makes the idea of digging holes in a barren wasteland both captivating and deeply metaphorical. If you enjoy stories that transform the mundane into the extraordinary, "Holes" is definitely for you.
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- Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award for Grades 6-8 (2000)
- Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (2000)
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- Soaring Eagle Book Award (2003)
- Sunshine State Young Readers Award for Grades 3-5 and Grades 6-8 (2002)
- Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award for Junior (2001)
- Zilveren Zoen (2000)
- Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Nominee for Jugendbuch (2001)
- Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction (1999)
- New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award for Young Adult (2001)
- William Allen White Children's Book Award (2001)
- Oklahoma Sequoyah Award for Children and YA (2001)
- Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (2002)
- Premi Protagonista Jove for Categoria 14-15 anys (2000)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
ISBN: 9781408865231
Authors:
Louis Sachar
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Date of Publication: 2015-05-07
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.0
(rated by 1184943 readers)
Description
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.
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Troubled youth find destiny in arid detention.
"Holes" by Louis Sachar isn't just a book — it's a journey through resilience, destiny, and the power of history colliding with the present. It's a perfect blend of humor, mystery, and a poignant look at friendship and fairness. Young readers and adults alike will find meaning and excitement as the layers of Stanley's story unfold, reflecting the complexities of life and the satisfaction of a tale well told. It somehow makes the idea of digging holes in a barren wasteland both captivating and deeply metaphorical. If you enjoy stories that transform the mundane into the extraordinary, "Holes" is definitely for you.
- Newbery Medal (1999)
- National Book Award for Young People's Literature (1998)
- West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA) for Older Readers (2001)
- Grand Canyon Reader Award for Teen Book (2001)
- Nene Award (2001)
- Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award for Grade 6-9 (2001)
- Massachusetts Children's Book Award (2001)
- Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (2000)
- Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award for Grades 6-8 (2000)
- Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (2000)
- Evergreen Teen Book Award (2001)
- Soaring Eagle Book Award (2003)
- Sunshine State Young Readers Award for Grades 3-5 and Grades 6-8 (2002)
- Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award for Junior (2001)
- Zilveren Zoen (2000)
- Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Nominee for Jugendbuch (2001)
- Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction (1999)
- New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award for Young Adult (2001)
- William Allen White Children's Book Award (2001)
- Oklahoma Sequoyah Award for Children and YA (2001)
- Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (2002)
- Premi Protagonista Jove for Categoria 14-15 anys (2000)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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