Holes
R 187.00 Price and availability exclusive to website
YOU COULD EARN 187 FUTURE RETAIL DISCOUNTS.
ESTIMATED DELIVERY: Approx 4 Business Days
WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDSELECTED AS ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME Stanley Yelnats' family has a history of bad luck, so when a miscarriage of justice sends him to Camp Green Lake Juvenile Detention Centre (which isn't green and doesn't have a lake) 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 it’s character building, but this is a lie. It’s up to Stanley to dig up the truth. Witty, inventive and completely unique, this is a masterpiece of storytelling that combines sly humour with irresistible, page-turning writing.
CONTRIBUTORS: Louis Sachar
EAN: 9781408865231
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 175 g
HEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
DATE PUBLISHED:
CITY:
GENRE: JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Law & Crime
WIDTH: 129 cm
SPINE:
Book Themes:
Interest age: from c 11 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Holes is one of those instant classics that adults, as well as children over eight, will thoroughly enjoy. Sachar has created something quite different from JK Rowling or Philip Pullman, but no less enchanting, If you want a witty, moving read that grabs you and never lets up, look no further than Holes, Totally absorbing and beautifully written, Forget the fame and glamour of Holes, the movie and the rest. Just remember Camp Green Lake and that story that gave us one of the best books of the last ten years, The most moving, exciting, thrilling book... I loved it
Louis Sachar is the author of the award-winning international bestseller Holes, which was made into a film in 2003 and is one of TIME magazine's 100 Best YA Books of All Time. All of Louis’s books for children have been published in the UK by Bloomsbury. These also include Small Steps, Stanley Yelnats’ Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake, Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes, There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom, Someday Angeline, and the Marvin Redpost series and Wayside School books. He is the recipient of many of the world's best regarded book prizes, including the National Book Award and the Newbery Medal. Louis Sachar lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, daughter and two dogs.
Book Partnerships
For the Fans
WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDSELECTED AS ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME Stanley Yelnats' family has a history of bad luck, so when a miscarriage of justice sends him to Camp Green Lake Juvenile Detention Centre (which isn't green and doesn't have a lake) 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 it’s character building, but this is a lie. It’s up to Stanley to dig up the truth. Witty, inventive and completely unique, this is a masterpiece of storytelling that combines sly humour with irresistible, page-turning writing.
CONTRIBUTORS: Louis Sachar
EAN: 9781408865231
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 175 g
HEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
DATE PUBLISHED:
CITY:
GENRE: JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Law & Crime
WIDTH: 129 cm
SPINE:
Book Themes:
Interest age: from c 11 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Louis Sachar is the author of the award-winning international bestseller Holes, which was made into a film in 2003 and is one of TIME magazine's 100 Best YA Books of All Time. All of Louis’s books for children have been published in the UK by Bloomsbury. These also include Small Steps, Stanley Yelnats’ Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake, Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes, There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom, Someday Angeline, and the Marvin Redpost series and Wayside School books. He is the recipient of many of the world's best regarded book prizes, including the National Book Award and the Newbery Medal. Louis Sachar lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, daughter and two dogs.
