Holes

Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the warden makes the boys "build character" by spending all day, every day, digging holes: 5 feet wide and 5 feet deep. It d...

Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the warden makes the boys "build character" by spending all day, every day, digging holes: 5 feet wide and 5 feet deep. It doesn't take long for Stanley to realize there's more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. But what could be buried under a dried-up lake? Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment -- and redemption.

路易斯·萨奇尔（Louis Sachar)

美国著名儿童文学作家。曾获纽伯瑞儿童文学金奖，美国国家图书奖青少年文学奖，《纽约时报》最佳童书奖等五十多个儿童文学奖项，被英国《星期日独立报》誉为“美国作家中少有的大师”。其代表包括《洞》、《全班都变成了苹果》、《我们学校要倒了》、《三只耳朵的代课老师》等。