Holes

Author(s): Louis Sachar

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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.

General Information

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

Other Specifications

  • : Louis Sachar
  • : English
  • : near fine

$15.99 NZD

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