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Exciting mystery is often intense but occasionally funny.

A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this book.

Though the past and present stories in Holes are f

"When you spend your whole life living in a hole,

Stanley is kind of a nerdy misfit who weighs more

Residents of the camp have fistfights and use shov

Sam and Katherine kiss.

In a flashback, the sheriff of Green Lake sits at

Parents need to know that Louis Sachar's Holes is a moving, action-packed, and sometimes violent mystery that won the Newbery Medal. It's about a boy named Stanley, who's falsely accused of a crime and sent to a juvenile detention center in the middle of a desert in Texas. The story will excite young readers'…

Educational Value

Though the past and present stories in Holes are fictional, they teach readers about the history of racism in the United States. Some information about desert wildlife.

Positive Messages

"When you spend your whole life living in a hole, the only way you can go is up."

Positive Role Models

Stanley is kind of a nerdy misfit who weighs more than others in his peer group. He's resourceful and adaptable when he needs to be, and his problem-solving abilities help him survive Camp Green Lake. In the "historical" parts of the story, Katherine Barlow, who's White, loves Sam, who's Black, despite the racism in her community.

Violence & Scariness

Residents of the camp have fistfights and use shovels as weapons. Guards carry guns. In a flashback, a woman is sexually assaulted by the sheriff, and a racist mob murders a Black man for kissing a White woman. A woman later shoots the sheriff.

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Sex, Romance & Nudity

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Drinking, Drugs & Smoking

In a flashback, the sheriff of Green Lake sits at his desk drinking whiskey. He tells Katherine, "I always get drunk before a hanging."

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Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Louis Sachar 's Holes is a moving, action-packed, and sometimes violent mystery that won the Newbery Medal. It's about a boy named Stanley, who's falsely accused of a crime and sent to a juvenile detention center in the middle of a desert in Texas. The story will excite young readers' sense of justice, as Stanley is treated most unfairly. In the flashback passages, Katherine, a White woman, loves Sam, a Black man, and they're victims of racist violence. There's threatened as well as real violence in the present-day parts of the book, including fistfights, drawn guns, attacks with shovels, and danger of poisoning. This is a more intense book than many novels for this age group, as some adults in the book treat youngsters as slaves. However, there are some funny moments, and the mysterious ways that past and present connect in the book are engaging at just the right grade level. The book was adapted for a 2003 movie , and there's a good audiobook version read by Kerry Beyer.

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Good book for 5th graders and up

Too dark for younger kids, what's the story.

In HOLES, Stanley Yelnats, falsely convicted of stealing a celebrity's sneakers, is sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention center in the middle of the desert, where each inmate is required to dig a large hole every day. The seasoned prisoners are rough and mean, and the conditions are dreadful, especially compared with the loving home that Stanley has known. As Stanley gets to know the other boys and the grueling routine, he also realizes there's a mystery behind this strange punishment that's related to a treasure and even to the supposed curse on Stanley's family dating back to his "dirty-rotten-pig-stealing" great-grandfather. The keys to the mystery have to do with a long-gone outlaw named Kate Barlow, a young boy called Zero, a greedy warden with rattlesnake venom nail polish, and whatever is buried in the parched desert of Green Lake.

Is It Any Good?

As Louis Sachar's edgy plot weaves between intersecting stories, past and present, the author creates a unique mystery, full of twists and danger. This novel includes violence and cruelty, and it may be somewhat intense for some young readers. However, there are funny moments, too, and mystery lovers will be fascinated as the story unfolds. It's also a great book for parents and teachers to introduce simple concepts of literary analysis and use of language, as the word "holes" has multiple meanings in the book.

This Newbery winner is often a hit with fourth and fifth grade readers who are ready for something that's intellectually a little bit challenging, as well as a fair bit darker than most novels for their grade level.

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Families can talk about how Stanley survives Camp Green Lake in Holes . How did his life before the camp prepare him for this experience?

How do Stanley and Zero help each other? How do their different abilities and backgrounds make them useful to each other?

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Book Details

• Author : Louis Sachar
• Genre : Adventure
• Topics : Adventures , Friendship , Great Boy Role Models
• Book type : Fiction
• Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Publication date : May 9, 2000
• Publisher's recommended age(s) : 9 - 12
• Number of pages : 233
• Available on : Paperback, Nook, Audiobook (unabridged), Hardback, iBooks, Kindle
• Award : Newbery Medal and Honors
• Last updated : May 17, 2021

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Holes, by Louis Sachar | Book Review

Book Review of  Holes The Children’s Book Review

Written by Louis Sachar

Ages 9+ | 272 Pages

Publisher: Scholastic (1998) | ISBN-13: 9780374312640

What to Expect: Mystery and Adventure

Are you ready for adventure? Look no further than this award-winning modern classic!  Holes  is a captivating story of curses, crime, and redemption that keeps readers on the edge.

Follow Stanley Yelnats as he finds himself at Camp Green Lake, a place filled with endless days of digging holes in the hope of character improvement. But as he uncovers the truth about the lake’s past, he realizes he’s on a mission to uncover an even darker secret. With its witty humor and skillful storytelling, this jigsaw puzzle of a novel will keep readers on their toes until the very last page.

The blend of humor and mystery, with scenes happening both in the past and present, leaves readers questioning everything. An unlucky and cursed protagonist, Stanley Yelnats’s character development throughout the novel is incredible, as the cylindrical holes of Camp Green Lake turn out to be anything but mere character-building activities.

Louis Sachar, the author of the magnificent novel  Holes , dedicated a year and a half of his life to crafting this unforgettable story. During the creative process, Sachar displayed immense commitment and attention to detail as he rewrote the story not once or twice but a total of five times to ensure perfection. Interestingly, the novel’s protagonist, Stanley, unwittingly enters Camp Green Lake for precisely the same period it took Sachar to create this fan-favorite novel.

It is worth noting that Sachar transitioned from a successful career as a lawyer to becoming a highly acclaimed writer, receiving accolades that include the distinguished Newbery and National Book Awards. 

An intelligent story that proves adventure exists in the most unexpected of places, kids will happily embark on the must-read, unforgettable literary journey that is  Holes !

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About the author.

Louis Sachar was born in New York. He was inspired to write children’s books after working as a teacher’s aide to gain extra credit. After graduation he worked in a sweater warehouse in Connecticut and wrote at night. He was soon fired from that job and moved onto law school where in his first week of study Sideways Stories From Wayside School was published.

In 2000 Louis Sacher wrote Holes which became both an instant classic and a film starring Sigourney Weaver. Holes was his first book to be published in the UK and continues to prove popular among younger readers. Once Louis Sachar begins writing a new book he refuses to talk to anyone until it is finished and entry to his office is barred apart from his two dogs.

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A criminal isn't necessarily a bad guy, is he?

Stanley Yelnats isn't a criminal; he didn't steal a car or rob a bank. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Doing something he thought would benefit his father, the inventor, and his mother.

Stanley, or 'Caveman' as the boys at Camp Green Lake call him, is a juvenile with a disturbing secret. He is the stereotypical bullied child, because he is overweight. He never knew what real friends were, until he met the colourfully named 'Armpit', 'X-ray', 'Zero', 'Zig-Zag' and 'Squid'.

You may ask what this book is about; well, it is true to the title. You never know what might turn up when you dig holes in the middle of a desert. Stanley and his new-found friends can only hope not to discover anything too awful…

This book is inspiring to myself and hopefully many others, because it teaches you about loyalty, true friendship and not judging others by their looks - or their unfortunate mistakes in life.

I would recommend this book to children above the age of 9, as those of a weak-hearted disposition may not appreciate Louis Sachar's amazing descriptive skills.

I couldn't put this book down, it has a great personality (if any a book might have one!). It was completely unique to any other book that I have read: and that's saying something!! I can only hope that the sequel lives up to the high standard Louis Sachar has set himself!

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Works Cited

• Sachar, L. (1998). Holes. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
• American Library Association. (1999). Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present. Retrieved from [URL]
• National Book Foundation. (1998). Louis Sachar. Retrieved from [URL]
• Barron, S. A. (2002). CliffsNotes on Sachar's Holes. Hoboken, NJ: Cliffs Notes.
• Spangler, S. (2003). Holes: Classroom Questions. London, UK: Collins Education.
• Bloom, H. (Ed.). (2005). Louis Sachar's Holes (Bloom's Guides). New York, NY: Infobase Publishing.
• Paterson, K. (1999). Digging a Deeper Hole: How the Setting Affects the Story. The New York Times Book Review, 148(51275), 24.
• Havill, J. (2000). Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake. New York, NY: Random House Books for Young Readers.
• Sticksel, S. (2005). Displacing the Cowboy: Masculinity and Anxiety in Louis Sachar's Holes. Children's Literature in Education, 36(1), 61-73. doi:10.1007/s10583-004-7087-0
• Eckert, P., & Pattison, R. (2011). An Eye for an Eye Leaves the Whole World Blind: Stanley Yelnats's Journey Toward Maturity in Holes. Children's Literature in Education, 42(2), 166-180. doi:10.1007/s10583-011-9135-9

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Example newspaper report pack based on the popular novel Holes by Louis Sachar.

This exemplar newspaper article is perfect to use as a WAGOLL when studying the mystery adventure book Holes . The example text reports on Stanley Yelnat’s conviction for theft, from chapters 1 to 6 in the book.

The model newspaper report comes with a feature find worksheet for children to fill in, with answer sheet, to give students the opportunity to examine the text in detail. After identifying the features, pupils complete the quotation punctuation worksheets, filling in the missing punctuation marks.

Then pupils use the templates provided to plan and write their own newspaper report based on the example text or other events that take place in the novel.

This resource comes with the following documents: • Example newspaper report WAGOLL • Feature find worksheets, differentiated x 3 • Feature find answers • Quotation punctuation activity with answers • Newspaper report planning templates • Newspaper report writing templates, differentiated x2 • Labelled writing templates

The genre-specific, language, grammar and punctuation features in the text include: • Headline in the present tense • Alliteration in the headline • Byline • Date • Lead: introductory paragraph containing 5 Ws (who, what, where, when, why) • Quotes, with inverted commas • Photograph with caption • Passive voice • Past tense • Third person • Relative clauses • Alliteration • Fronted adverbials followed by comma • Synonyms to avoid repetition • Expanded noun phrases • Subordinating conjunctions • Modal verbs • Present perfect tense (has/have -ed OR has/have been -ed) • Hyphens • Apostrophes for contraction • Apostrophes for singular possession • Apostrophes for plural possession

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Four example text packs based on the novel *Holes* by Louis Sachar. The bundle consists of 4 resource packs. **Character Profile Example Text Pack** Resources provided: • Exemplar character profile text • Planning template differentiated x2 • Writing template differentiated x3 • Personality traits word bank **Description Example Text Pack** Resources provided: • Description WAGOLL model text • Feature Find worksheet differentiated x3 • Feature Find answers • Description planning sheet differentiated x3 �� Desert vocabulary bank • Task sheet **Newspaper Report Example Text Pack** Resources provided: • Example newspaper report WAGOLL text • Feature find worksheets, differentiated x 3 • Feature find answers • Quotation punctuation activity with answers • Newspaper report planning templates • Newspaper report writing templates, differentiated x2 • Labelled writing templates **Non-Chronological Report Example Text Pack** Resources provided: • Non-chronologcial report WAGOLL text • Non-chronologcial report Feature Find worksheet differentiated x3 • Non-chronologcial report Feature find answers • Planning sheets differentiated x2 • Writing templates differentiated x2 • Task explanation sheet All resources come as Word documents and PDFs. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. You may also be interested in: ✦ [Stig of the Dump Unit of Work | Four Weeks](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12919369) ✦ [The Iron Man Unit of Work | Four Weeks | Year 3/4](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-iron-man-unit-of-work-four-weeks-year-3-4-12723076) ✦ [The Lightning Thief Diary Pack](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12940650) ✦ [Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone: WAGOLL Example Text Pack BUNDLE](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12899725) ✦ [Oranges In No Man’s Land Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12688783) Visit [Helen-Teach's shop](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Helen-Teach) for more resources.

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