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Check out the Holes tour with Louis Sachar! Monday, October 20th, 7:00 p.m. Anderson’s Bookshop, Naperville, IL Tuesday, October 21st, 7:00 p.m., Barnes & Noble, Skokie, IL Wednesday, October 22nd, 7:00 p.m., Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop, Brookfield, WI Thursday, October 23rd, 7:00 p.m.,... read more
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Summary
Stanley Yelnats comes from a family who is cursed with horrible luck. It all started with Stanley's "No-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great great grandfather. The curse was put upon by a fortune teller named Madame Zeroni. And from then on the Yelnats seemed to always be in the wrong... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Important People
- Stanley Yelnats: His family is cursed with horrible luck, he having trouble with bullies at school. But then he is accused of stealing a famous baseball player's shoes. He finds himslef digging holes in the dried up lake, unraveling his family's mysterious past.
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- Warden: She owns the shade. The only shade at Camp Greenlake. She's the boss of the joint, making the boys dig holes and more holes, but why, you ask? Warden will get anything her way, everyting she wants...but what?
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“his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather”
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Authors & Contributors
- Louis Sachar (Author)
Awards
- Newbery Medal (1999, winner)
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