| Holes Contributor(s): Sachar, Louis (Author), Beyer, Kerry (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0739331760 ISBN-13: 9780739331767 Publisher: Listening Library OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Compact Disc Published: May 2006 Annotation: 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 Yelnats. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the warden makes the boys "build character" by spending all day, every day, digging holes: five feet wide and five feet deep. 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. Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment--and redemption. "From the Paperback edition." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Holes |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 4.99" W x 6.16" (0.33 lbs) 4 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Topical - Friendship |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. A smart jigsaw puzzle of a novel. --New York Times *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. |