Holes

Author: Louis Sachar

Title: Holes

Illustrator: none

Genre: Chapter Book

Subgenre: Fiction

Theme: Overcoming obstacles

Primary Character: Louis

Secondary Characters: Zero, The Warden, Mr. Sir, X-Ray, etc.

Award(s): Newberry Medal

Date of Publication: 1998

Publication Company: Bloomsbury Children

Summary: Cursed with his family's bad luck, Stanley Yelantis is convicted of a crime he didn't commit and sent to Green Lake Camp boy's detention center. Every day the boys are sent to dig holes to build character. However, Stanley begins to discover that there's more than character development going on at Camp Green Lake.

Use with students:  This book would be a great tool for building vocabulary with 5^th graders