An unlucky Stanley Yelnats is sent to Camp Green Lake, a detention centre for boys with behavioural problems, after he is wrongfully accused of stealing a pair of sneakers. His bad luck isn't through any fault of his own; rather, his great-great-great-grandfather is to blame.
Stanley Yelnats' family has a history of bad luck, so when a miscarriage of justice sends him to Camp Green Lake Juvenile Detention Centre he is not surprised. Every day he and the other inmates are told to dig a hole, five foot wide by five foot deep, reporting anything they find. Why? The evil warden claims that its character building, but this is a lie. It’s up to Stanley to dig up the truth.
A masterpiece of storytelling that combines sly humour with irresistible, page-turning writing.
Yousef -“I think that this is an amazing book that has just the right amount of detail that makes you want to read further without getting exhausted. It is very intriguing and suspenseful along the way with an interesting back story of Stanley Yelnats's family history.”
Rebecca -I have read “Holes” and it is a great book. I would recommend this book to other classes. It contains many different characters, different stories, and some lessons you can learn.