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Holes

By: Louis Sachar
Narrated by: Kerry Beyer, Louis Sachar
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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!

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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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This is an amazing book! I read it in three days which is unusual for me but it was so good I couldn’t stop listening I did read along.

Holes

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I listened to this with my kids 7 and 8. We all
loved it. In fact, as soon as we finished my 7 year old was adamant that we listen to it again!

Amazing story!

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I read this because it was part of my sons 4th grade curriculum. I knew It had been a Disney movie, and expected a zany kid book. Boy was I surprised. It was unflinching in the subject matter neither spoon feeding a morality narrative nor sugar coating it. The young perspective gave it a pragmatic innocence that made it that much more stinging to read as an adult knowing all the layers that underpin the themes of racism and juvenile detention, and homelessness, and poverty. I can’t wait to talk to my son about it and get his perspective.

Not what I expected

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This is a great book
Also I lke the characters in this a some book

Holes

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My 13 yo daughter loved the book way better than the movie. She especially loved Kerry Beyer.

13 yo loves it!

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