holes: louis sachar (english edition)  <b>the iconic multi-million bestselling novel from louis sachar. hilarious, inventive and wonderfully compelling, this is an unmissable modern classic.</b><b></b><br /> <br /><b>winner of the newbery medal</b><b><br /> </b><b>winner of the national book award</b><br /> <br />stanley yelnats&apos; family has a history of bad luck, so when a miscarriage of justice sends him to camp green lake juvenile detention centre (which isn&apos;t green and doesn&apos;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&apos;s character building, but this is a lie. it&apos;s up to stanley to dig up the truth. <br /> <br />witty, inventive and completely unique, this is a masterpiece of storytelling that combines sly humour with irresistible, page-turning writing.