Holes
Sachar, Louis, 1954-2000
Book
YA. Detective and mystery stories. When Stanley Yelnats is sent to Camp Green Lake detention centre for a crime he did not commit, life becomes much more of a challenge. First of all he has to dig a hole a day - as deep as a man - in the baking Texas heat, looking for who knows what. Then he has to avoid the cruel Mr Sir and the menacing warden. Will Stanley survive in this hostile environment? A wonderful, heartwarming, funny and life-affirming novel that is both genuinely original and brilliantly written. 13 yrs+
Main title:
Holes / Louis Sachar.
Author:
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Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2000.
Collation:
233 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York : Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 1998.
ISBN:
0747548471 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.54JF
Language:
English
BRN:
225786