The Resource Holes
Holes
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The item Holes represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Holes represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award! This #1 New York Times bestselling, modern classic in which boys are forced to dig holes day in and day out is now available with a splashy new look.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.Includes a double bonus: an excerpt from Small Steps, the follow-up to Holes, as well as an excerpt from Louis Sachar's new middle-grade novel, Fuzzy Mud."A smart jigsaw puzzle of a novel." —The New York Times WINNER OF THE BOSTON GLOBE-HORN BOOK AWARDA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOKSELECTED FOR NUMEROUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AND ALA HONORS From the Paperback edition
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- 9780307798367
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- Holes
- Title
- Holes
- Summary
- Winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award! This #1 New York Times bestselling, modern classic in which boys are forced to dig holes day in and day out is now available with a splashy new look.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.Includes a double bonus: an excerpt from Small Steps, the follow-up to Holes, as well as an excerpt from Louis Sachar's new middle-grade novel, Fuzzy Mud."A smart jigsaw puzzle of a novel." —The New York Times WINNER OF THE BOSTON GLOBE-HORN BOOK AWARDA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOKSELECTED FOR NUMEROUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AND ALA HONORS From the Paperback edition
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- Sachar, Louis
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- Juvenile Literature
- Juvenile Fiction
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- Holes
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- OVERDRIVE:c0ee3741-2028-4c50-a15e-096046bf9ffa
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.
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- electronic
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- 9780307798367
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- optical disk
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- Holes
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- OVERDRIVE:c0ee3741-2028-4c50-a15e-096046bf9ffa
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.
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- 9780307798367
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- trueBlack-Eyed Susan Book Awards (Maryland): Grades 6-9
- trueBoston Globe-Horn Book Awards: Fiction and Poetry
- trueBuckeye Children's Book Award (Ohio): Grades 6-8
- trueClassic Adventures for Older Kids
- trueClassic Realistic Fiction for Older Kids
- trueColorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award
- trueFlicker Tale Children's Book Award (North Dakota): Juvenile Books
- trueGarden State Children's Book Awards (New Jersey): Children's Fiction
- trueGolden Archer Awards (Wisconsin): Middle/Jr. High School
- trueGrand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona): Teen Book
- trueIllinois Readers' Choice Awards: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
- trueIndian Paintbrush Book Award (Wyoming)
- trueLand of Enchantment Book Award (New Mexico): Black bears (Grades 9-12)
- trueMaine Student Book Award
- trueMark Twain Award (Missouri)
- trueMassachusetts Children's Book Award
- trueNational Book Awards: Young People's Literature
- trueNene Award (Hawaii)
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Children's Books: 1998
- trueNewbery Medal
- truePennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards: Grades 6-8
- truePrairie Pasque Children's Book Award (South Dakota)
- trueRead-Alouds for Grades 6-8
- trueSchool Library Journal Best Books: 1998
- trueSequoyah Book Awards (Oklahoma): Children's Books
- trueSequoyah Book Awards (Oklahoma): Young Adult Books
- trueSoaring Eagle Book Award (Wyoming)
- trueSunshine State Young Reader's Award (Florida): Grades 3-5 (post-1987 winners)
- trueSunshine State Young Reader's Award (Florida): Grades 6-8 (post-1987 winners)
- trueSurrey Schools' Book of the Year Award (British Columbia)
- trueSurvival : Fiction for Grades 3-5
- trueWAYRBA - Western Australian Young Readers' Book Awards : Older Readers
- trueWilliam Allen White Children's Book Award (Kansas): Sixth-Eighth Grade Winners
- trueYALSA Best Books for Young Adults: 1999
- trueYALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: 1999
- trueYoung Reader's Choice Award (Pacific Northwest): Junior
- trueALA Notable Children's Books: 1999
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<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.ccrls.org/portal/Holes/6YfhlhWcmQY/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.ccrls.org/portal/Holes/6YfhlhWcmQY/">Holes</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.ccrls.org/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.ccrls.org/">Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS)</a></span></span></span></span></div>
