Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Holes [original full text from first edition, chapters 1-50] 00 -- ?Louis Sachar Takes Long Walks with his Dog Every Morning? Andy Sachar 235 -- ?Louis Sachar? Sherre and Carla Sachar 00 -- ?Newbery Medal Acceptance? Louis Sachar 00
Summary
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself