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Holes

By: Louis Sachar
Narrated by: Kerry Beyer, Louis Sachar
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Publisher's summary

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 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.

Special anniversary edition bonus content includes: A New Note From the Author!; "Ten Things You May Not Know About HOLES" by Louis Sachar; and more!

©1998 Louis Sachar (P)1999 Random House, Inc., Listening Library, An Imprint Of Random House Audio Publishing Group
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Critic reviews

Winner of the Newbery Medal

Winner of the National Book Award

#1 New York Times Bestseller

A New York Public Library's 100 Great Children's Books 100 Years Selection

"A dazzling blend of social commentary, tall tale and magic realism."—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"There is no question, kids will love Holes."—School Library Journal, Starred Review

"[A] rugged, engrossing adventure."—Kirkus Reviews

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What listeners say about Holes

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Great book!

What made the experience of listening to Holes the most enjoyable?

At the beginning may not sound so interesting but give it a chance. I was glue to the headphones. It made my workout a lot more interesting.

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The unexpected ending

What does Kerry Beyer bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

the book comes alive

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

not at the first glance, but after chapter #4 I was hooked

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Awsomness

I loved the book twist and turns the story line the porpoises is how life can be if you are cursed with unluckiness😖😖😭


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Amazing

This book is amazing its so visual and its very except able its so good and wonderfull read this book👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

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My "go to" book for middle school boys!

As a Language Arts/Reading teacher for many years I feel as if this book should be required reading for middle school/high school readers. I have found most boys love this book even if they dislike reading per se. The plot line is well established and characters are fleshed out. Highly recommend!

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I love this book

I never thought I would enjoy this book as much as I have. I have listened to it at least 6 or 7 times now. The story is so amazing. I very much enjoy the narrator. If you have seen the movie you need to get the book.

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Great book from my kids' childhood.

This was my youngest son's favorite book growing up, and we had watched the movie, but I never read it. So glad I decided to catch up now that he's an adult! Not exactly like the movie, but better.

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Amazing

I loved it so much it held my interest and my teacher got me to read it.

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A multigenerational story about a family curse

A fantastic tale that unravels 3 generations of interconnected stories and building of character.

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The details and the amount of time put into making this story.

I love the impressions the narrater does for the characters. The accents are amazing, it really makes me feel like I'm there in the story!!!!!

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Wow!🩷🩷🩷

Holes is sooooo good and the movie is awesome too i love reading the book!!!!!🩷❤️❤️💛

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