Holes
by Louis Sachar
Taste attributes: familyadventurecomedyteenmysteryfastfresh & originalwholesomelightlinearemotive & stirringunderdog triumphssolving the riddle/not as it seemsunlikely connections
Boxlist takeWarm-hearted and original: an accessible family novel. Best if you like warmth over edge.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: light · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.3 / 5
201 ratings
About This Book
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.
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- Author
- Louis Sachar
- Published
- 1998
- Pages
- 240
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- Open Library
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