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Stanley Yelnats’s family is dogged by bad luck; the fault of a gypsy curse put on his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather. And the curse strikes again when Stanley is found guilty of a crime he didn’t commit, and sent to a boot camp in the desert. The evil warden of the camp (who wears poisoned red nail polish – eek!) claims that digging a hole each day will turn a bad boy into a good boy. So every day, under the blazing sun, Stanley must dig a hole. Is that all there is to it – or must Stanley dig up the truth? You must have been living in a hole if you’ve not heard the hype about this book. Malorie Blackman loves it. So do we. And so will you.
Winner of the Newbery Medal.
“The most moving, exciting, thrilling book I’d read in a long, long time. I loved it.” Malorie Blackman
Recent reviews
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I didn’t really enjoy reading this book and I found some parts quite boring. My favourite character was the Warden. I watched the movie and I found that a lot more interesting and I could actually follow the plot line.
31 March 2017
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We are reading this book at school and it is awesome I love it so far. I definitely recommend it.
22 March 2017
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This book was boring and rubbish as it it about A boy digging a hole every day and I would not recommend this book
26 December 2016
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it was great¬!!!!!!!!
17 November 2016
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I found this book rather weird and confusing although it does have a good backstory
12 August 2016
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Authors
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Louis Sachar
Louis Sachar is an award-winning author of over twenty-one books for children, and is best known for Holes, which won the prestigious Newbery Medal.
Awards
Louis has won many awards including the 1999 Newbery and Caldecott awards – the most prestigious American awards in children’s literature for Holes.
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