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Louis Sachar

  • Product Code: HOL2
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If you know a child who thinks he doesn't like reading, then try Holes. Hailed as a modern masterpiece, it is witty, gentle, compelling and surprising... Don't miss out on this wonderfully inventive novel.

Stanley Yelnat's family has a history of bad luck going back generations, so he is not surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to Camp Green Lake Detention Centre. As punishment and to build character, the boys must dig a large hole each day. Before long stanley realises that what he must actually uncover is the truth. Genuinely original and brilliantly written.

  • Pages: 233
  • Size: 19.8cm x 12.8cm
  • Format: Paperback
  • Age Range: 9 +
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Average Rating from  15  reviews

Holes is a story about an unlucky boy named Stanley. When Stanley gets accused of a crime he didn't commit, he gets sent to Camp Green Lake but this isn't your usual summer camp. I would recommend this book to readers who enjoy an interesting story line.

06.10.2008 Jessica Ellis

Holes is about an extremely unlucky boy called Stanley Yelnats. His family had always been under a curse, all because of his so-called 'no-good-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather'. Stanley had been accused of stealing and he was sent to a 'detention centre' where he was made to work very hard every day. There he met another boy, Zero, and they become very good friends. Stanley is a hero in this story, because he and Zero stopped the curse from this generation onwards.

I love this book especially the part when they jump back into the past of when Stanley's great-great-grandfather started the curse. Holes is an extremely exciting book about friendship and cooperation.

28.09.2008 Leanne Yau

For a book year 8's are forced to read at school, Holes is suprisingly good. It follows the story of Stanley Yelnats, a boy sent to a reformative camp after being convicted of stealing.

Unfortunately, reading books in school completely ruins them, so make sure you read it outside of school, because it really is brilliant.

01.09.2008 Emilia Manzo-Slater