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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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Love this book!

I remember reading this book in middle school, There’s even a movie for it. Amazing.

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Awesome

Best book I ever read.The reader could be more enthusiastic though.You would enjoy reading this to your kids.

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loved it sooooooooooo much

I loved it I wish that they put a book 2 I loved it soo much I lisin to it all the time over and over I,ved lisined to it 100 times I cep cherack

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Holes: A childhood Classic!

When I read this book in 7th grade a long time ago I absolutely loved it. When I saw it on audible I immediately bought it. When I reread it, it felt as I was when I read it as a child. I still loved it, even a little more than before.

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The narrator did a good job of having the essence of Stanley’s being while narrating.

And the other side stories are really good to help mellow out the story to progress better.


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it was a great book I listened to it 2day straight

I loved it the plot twist where my favorite part of the book.
great book

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Awesome book and narration!

Love this book! So clever and well thought out. The narration is fabulous. The movie is really good too and almost perfectly follows the book.

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Fourth grade loved this book!

My fourth grade class listened to this book together. We really enjoyed the book! Great job by the narrator!

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LOVE ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

It was so great the movie is so close to the book I highly recommend watching the movie I loved loved loved loved loved loved loved loved it. it was one of my favorite books!!!!😁😁😁😁😁😁👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 also it’s so funny great story!!!!😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😄😄❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ you wont die usually… yellow spotted lizard😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️😄😍❤️😄😍👍😄🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 very happy ending🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

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Love the story...

I could do without the narrator. His characters all blended together now we're particularly convincing

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Fun, fast read. Loved IT!

What a great book! All the kids in my family love it and so do I! The narrator is great, and the story is very, very fun.

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