{"product_id":"holes-newbery-medal-winner-national-book-award-winner-9780374312640","title":"Holes: (Newbery Medal Winner; National Book Award Winner)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20 Years in Print\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e TIME Magazine's 100 Best YA Books of All Time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dazzling\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Heartrending\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Brilliant\" --\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Engrossing\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A joyful, eerie tour de force\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Sunday Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Wildly inventive\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStanley Yelnats's family has a history of bad luck, so he isn't too surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to a boys' juvenile detention center, Camp Green Lake. But there is no lake--it has been dry for over a hundred years--and it's hardly a camp: as punishment, the boys must each dig a hole a day, five feet deep, five feet across, in the hard earth of the dried-up lake bed. The warden claims that this pointless labor builds character, but that's a lie. Stanley must try to dig up the truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this wonderfully inventive, compelling novel that is both serious and funny, Louis Sachar weaves a narrative puzzle that tangles and untangles, until it becomes clear that the hand of fate has been at work in the lives of the characters--and their forebears--for generations. It is a darkly humorous tale of crime, punishment, and redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLOUIS SACHAR made history with \u003ci\u003eHoles\u003c\/i\u003e, which won every major children's book award and was turned into a movie. He lives in Austin, Texas.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641335615762,"sku":"9780374312640","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_059f7d01-3a12-4888-bb67-a873e023cdcd.jpg?v=1748519203","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/holes-newbery-medal-winner-national-book-award-winner-9780374312640","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}