But what could be buried under a dried-up lake? Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment-and redemption. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realize there’s more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. Holes was awarded the 1998 National Book Award and the 1999 Newbery Medal, and was adapted into a film by Disney. A judge sentences him to 18 months in a camp where a tyrannical warden has the boys digging holes that appear random. 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. Louis Sachar’s 1998 children’s novel, Holes, tells the story of a boy accused of stealing. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Dig deep in this award-winning, modern classic that will remind readers that adventure is right around the corner-or just under your feet!
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