Holes
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune, which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish boys' juvenile detention center in the Texas desert. As punishment, the boys here must each dig a hole every day, five feet deep and five feet across. Ultimately, Stanley "digs up the truth"--and through his experience, finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
GenresNewbery MedalJuvenile delinquencyJuvenile fictionHomeless personsFriendshipTreasure troves
233 pages, 8 editions
English edition · First published 1998 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux · ISBN 9780439244190
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Editions
8 editions
English
- Holes · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 1998 · ISBN 9780439244190 · 2 readers This page
- Holes · Bloomsbury · 2015 · ISBN 9781408865231 · 1 reader
- Holes · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 2008 · ISBN 9780440414803 · 1 reader
- Holes · Dell Laurel-Leaf Books · 2001 · ISBN 9780440228592 · 1 reader
- Holes · Bolinda/Audible audio · 2018 · ISBN 9781489453952
- Holes · Scholastic · 2000 · ISBN 9780439253222
- Holes · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 1998 · ISBN 9780374332655
Unknown language
- Holes · 1988
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