Excerpt from Holes by Louis Sachar, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

Name: Holes
Rating: 5.0 (4 reviews)
Author: Louis Sachar
ISBN: 9780374332655

Holes

by Louis Sachar

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First Published:
Sep 1, 1998, 233 pages

Paperback:
May 2000, 233 pages

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- Young Adults
- USA
- South, USA
- Texas
- 1980s & '90s
- 1st in Series
- Jewish Authors
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Stanley looked out the dirty window. He couldn’t see a lake.

And hardly anything was green.

Excerpted from Holes by Louis Sachar Copyright © 2000 by Louis Sachar. Excerpted by permission of Yearling, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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