Sachar, Louis, 1954-

Holes / - First edition - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998. - 233 pages ; 22 cm.

"Frances Foster books."

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.

National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 1998. Newbery Medal, 1999. Young Reader's Choice Award, 2001.

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Juvenile delinquency--Juvenile fiction.
Homeless persons--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Treasure troves--Juvenile fiction.


National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
Newbery Medal.
Young Reader's Choice Award.

PZ7.S1185 / Ho 1998

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