Holes
Louis Sachar, 1998
A boy sent to a desert camp for delinquent boys digs holes all day and slowly uncovers a family curse, a buried outlaw, and a history that won't stay buried.
Louis Sachar
Louis Sachar trained as a lawyer and practiced part-time while writing; Holes won the 1999 Newbery Medal.
Feels like time, freedom and hope.
A game of pretend that has outlived the age that invented it.
Stanley and his parents had tried to pretend that he was just going away to camp for a while, just like rich kids do. When Stanley was younger he used to play with stuffed animals, and pretend the animals were at camp. Camp Fun and Games he called it. Sometimes he’d have them play soccer with a marble. Other times they’d run an obstacle course, or go bungee jumping off a table, tied to broken rubber bands. Now Stanley tried to pretend he was going to Camp Fun and Games. Maybe he’ d make some friends, he thought. At least he’d get to swim in the lake. Books by Louis Sachar
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