Holes By Louis Sachar
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Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnats. Now Stanely has been unjustly sent to the 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 is an awful lot of holes.
It doesn't take long for Stanely 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? Stanely tries to dig up the truth in the inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment--and redemption.
"A smart jigsaw puzzle of a novel."
-The New York Times Book Review
"[A] rugged, engrossing adventure."
-School Library Journal
"Larger-than-life."
-Publishers Weekly
"Imaginative plotting and memorable characters make this novel a winner."
-Book Magazine
Winner of the Newbery Medal
Winner of the National Book Award
Winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book of theYear
An ALA Notable Book
An ALA Notable Book
An ALA Quick Pick
winner of the Christopher Award for Juvenile Fiction
A New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year
A Horn Book Fanfare
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A Bulletin Blue Ribbon
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year