Holes
By: Louis Sachar.
Series: Laurel-leaf books
Publisher: Dell Laurel-Leaf
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Juvenile delinquency -- Juvenile fiction; Homeless persons -- Juvenile fiction; Friendship -- Juvenile fiction; Treasure troves -- Juvenile fiction; Juvenile delinquency -- Fiction; Homeless persons -- Fiction; Friendship -- Fiction; Buried treasure -- Fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: 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.
Notes: "Reader's guide": p. [1]-8 at end of text.

Newbery Award, 1999