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-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 that Camp Green Lake isn't what it seems. Are the boys digging holes because the warden is looking for something? But what could be buried under a dried-up lake? It's up to Stanley to dig up the truth.
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- Who wrote Holes?
Holes is by Louis Sachar. The catalogue records its first publication in 1998. A later edition may have a different publication date on its copyright page.
- How long is Holes?
The catalogue records 240 pages for a representative edition. Pagination varies with the publisher, format, type size and translation, so check the edition you intend to read.
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