Holes /

Sachar, Louis, 1954-

Holes / Louis Sachar. - 233 pages ; 22 cm.

Wilson's Children, October 2006. Wilson's Junior High School, August 1999. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. School Library Journal starred, September 1998. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), February 1999. Five Owls, April 2007. Horn Book Starred, September 1998. Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), April 1999. Pub Weekly, July 1998.

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 correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.

5.1. 5-8. 660L Lexile. V Fountas.

Newbery Medal/Honor, 1999.

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Juvenile delinquency--Fiction.
Homeless persons--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Buried treasure--Fiction.

PZ7.S1185 / Ho 1998

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