Stanley Yelnat's family has a history of bad luck going back generations, so he is not too surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to Camp Green Lake Juvenile Detention Centre. Nor is he very surprised when he is told that his daily labour at the camp is to dig a hole, five foot wide by five foot deep, and report anything that he finds in that hole. The warden claims that it is character building, but this is a lie and Stanley must dig up the truth. In this wonderfully inventive, compelling novel that is both serious and funny, Louis Sachar has created a masterpiece that will leave all readers amazed and delighted by the author's narrative flair and brilliantly handled plot.

Louis Sachar lives in Austin, Texas, where he writes his novels and plays quite a lot of bridge. His novel Holes has sold over 1.5 million copies in the Bloomsbury edition alone and Louis is the recipient of many of the world's most well-regarded book prizes, including the National Book Award and the Newbery Award.Writes: Fiction, Audio, Young Adult, Bloomsbury Educational EditionsAuthor of: Marvin Redpost: Kidnapped at Birth, Marvin Redpost: Why Pick on Me?, Marvin Redpost: Is He a Girl?, Marvin Redpost: Alone in His Teacher's House, Marvin Redpost: Class President, Marvin Redpost: A Flying Birthday Cake?, Marvin Redpost: Super Fast, Out of Control!, Marvin Redpost: A Magic Crystal?, The Cardturner, Holes, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Wayside School Is Falling Down, Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger, More Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School, Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School, Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger, Wayside School is Falling Down, There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, Pig City, Small Steps, Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Greenlake, Someday Angeline, The Boy Who Lost His Face, Dogs Don't Tell Jokes, Fuzzy Mud