Holes
(Book)
Author:
Series:
Holes ; volume 1.
Published:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Desc:
231 pages ; 22 cm
Accelerated Reader:
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Points: 7
Lexile measure:
660L
Rating:
660
Status:
Description
A darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment
Stanley Yelnat'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. 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 she is really using the boys to dig for loot buried by the Wild West outlaw Kissin' Kate Barlow. The story of Kissin' Kate, and of a curse put on Stanley's great-great-grandfather by a one-legged gypsy, 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.
With this wonderfully inventive, compelling novel that is both serious and funny, Louis Sachar has written his best book to date. Holes is a 1998 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and the winner of the 1998 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the 1999 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Fiction and the 1999 Newbery Medal.
Stanley Yelnat'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. 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 she is really using the boys to dig for loot buried by the Wild West outlaw Kissin' Kate Barlow. The story of Kissin' Kate, and of a curse put on Stanley's great-great-grandfather by a one-legged gypsy, 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.
With this wonderfully inventive, compelling novel that is both serious and funny, Louis Sachar has written his best book to date. Holes is a 1998 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and the winner of the 1998 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the 1999 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Fiction and the 1999 Newbery Medal.
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Ashland Juvenile Fiction
J SACHAR
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Jun 10, 2024
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YA FIC SAC
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Drummond Juvenile Fiction
JF SAC
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Jul 8, 2020
Eagle River Juvenile Awards
J SAC (Newbery)
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Jun 22, 2024
Grantsburg Juvenile Fiction
J SACHAR NEWBERY
Lost and Paid
Hayward Intermediate Fiction
INT SAC
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Aug 19, 2024
Hurley Juvenile Fiction
J Sac
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Jun 3, 2020
Iron River Newbery
JNEW SAC
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Aug 1, 2024
Lac Courte Oreilles Juvenile Fiction
J FIC SAC
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Aug 7, 2013
Lake Nebagamon Juvenile Fiction
JUV FIC Sachar
Available
Aug 30, 2017
Land O Lakes Juvenile Fiction
J FIC SAC
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Jul 5, 2019
Madeline Island Juvenile Fiction
J SAC
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Dec 19, 2023
Manitowish Waters Young Adult Fiction
YA F Sac
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Apr 9, 2024
Mellen Newbery
NEWBERY SAC 1999
Available
Dec 28, 2015
Mercer Adult Fiction
F Sac
Available
Aug 26, 2024
Phelps Newbery
NEWBERY
Available
Jul 26, 2017
Presque Isle Juvenile Fiction
J F Sac
Available
Aug 22, 2018
Sayner Juvnile Fiction
JUV Sachar
Available
Aug 7, 2010
Sayner Young Adult Fiction
YA Sachar
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Dec 9, 2019
Solon Springs Juvenile Fiction
JUV FIC Sachar
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Jun 21, 2018
Spooner Juvenile Classics
J SAC (CLASSICS)
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Aug 19, 2024
Washburn Juvenile Fiction
J FIC SAC c.2
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Jun 29, 2024
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
0374332657, 0440414806
Accelerated Reader:
MG
Level 4.6, 7 Points
Level 4.6, 7 Points
Lexile measure:
660
Notes
General Note
"Frances Foster books."
Description
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
Target Audience
660,Lexile.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG,4.6,7,28081.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Sachar, L. (1998). Holes. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Sachar, Louis, 1954-. 1998. Holes. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Sachar, Louis, 1954-, Holes. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
MLA Citation (style guide)Sachar, Louis. Holes. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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