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  1. Holes by Louis Sachar, published in 1998, is a captivating young adult novel that intertwines mystery and adventure. The story follows Stanley Yelnats, who, due to a wrongful accusation, finds himself at Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention center in the scorching Texas desert. The harsh setting becomes a character itself, symbolizing the ...

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      Themes - Holes: Study Guide - SparkNotes

  2. The Yelnats family has bad luck because Stanley’s great-great-grandfather was cursed after failing to follow through on a promise. Holes reveals the story in a time-jump to the past, where Stanley’s ancestor, Elya Yelnats, falls in love with a girl in his village. Desperate to win her hand in marriage, he makes a pact with his friend ...

  3. Next section Chapters 1—3. Did you know you can highlight text to take a note? x. PLUS. Notes See All Notes. Add Note with SparkNotes PLUS. Holes. Add your thoughts right here! Test your knowledge on all of Holes. Perfect prep for Holes quizzes and tests you might have in school.

  4. Holes Study Guide Questions. 1. Explain the irony in the name Camp Green Lake. 2. Why will campers sometimes permit themselves to be bitten by a rattlesnake or a scorpion? 3. What is the significance of the phrase, "The Warden owns the shade"? 4. Why does the narrator suggest that if someone is bitten by a yellow-spotted lizard they might as ...

  5. In Holes, why do the boys line up for water in a specific order and what's its significance? In Holes, the boys always line up for water in the same order because it is an order based on trust and ...

  6. He married in 1985 and his daughter was born two years later. Holes has proven one of Sachar's most famous books; it won the prestigious Newbery Medal in 1999 and was adapted into a Disney movie in 2003. Sachar wrote the screenplay, and he and his family also appear in a cameo. He and his wife live in Texas.

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  8. How does the structure of Holes affect how you experience the book? All the interruptions and flashbacks are kind of fun, but how do they change the book? What would the book have been like if the stories had been told in a more linear, chronological way? That is, if all of Elya's story came first, followed by all of Kate's, then all of Stanley's?

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