Holes

, #1

EPUB, 272 pages

English language

Published June 1, 2011 by Yearling.

ISBN:
978-0-439-24419-0
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ASIN:
B004ZZH4V4

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 …

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A ended up reading this in 5th grade because I loved the movie so much I want to experience the story again but did not have the DVD. The film does such a great job at adopting the vibe of this book that I really think they go together and compliment each other quite nice. The only reason I was able to make it through this book at a young age is because I basically played game of spot the difference during each chapter to see what was different of what more details the book added. I recall really enjoying the extra (if not drawn out) parts and inner monologues during the God Thumb saga that the movie (understandably) took out. All in all easily one of my favorite movies, books, and all around stories

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