Title: Holes
Publisher: Yearling
Year: -1998
Format: Holes
Genre: - Newbery
Publisher: Yearling
Year: -1998
Format: Holes
Genre: - Newbery
Reading Level: - Emergent Reader
Interest Level: - Middle School
Topics: -Newbery, Punishment
Summary: Stanley is just a regular kid until he is found responsible for a crime he didn't commit. We learn about a curse that has been in his family for several generations. His bad luck lands Stanley in a very strange correctional camp in the Texas desert. The warden has all the inmates digging holes in a dry lake bed. The story weaves interesting tall tales from local history and Stanley's family. The relationships among the juveniles in the camp are interesting to follow. Stanley finds a good friend, treasure, and learns to like himself.
Interest Level: - Middle School
Topics: -Newbery, Punishment
Summary: Stanley is just a regular kid until he is found responsible for a crime he didn't commit. We learn about a curse that has been in his family for several generations. His bad luck lands Stanley in a very strange correctional camp in the Texas desert. The warden has all the inmates digging holes in a dry lake bed. The story weaves interesting tall tales from local history and Stanley's family. The relationships among the juveniles in the camp are interesting to follow. Stanley finds a good friend, treasure, and learns to like himself.
Extension Activities:
Find and match symbols from the story and discover how they're connected and relevant across the story's plot lines. Reconstruct a time line by putting key events in sequence. Use text clues to help identify sequence of events.
Find and match symbols from the story and discover how they're connected and relevant across the story's plot lines. Reconstruct a time line by putting key events in sequence. Use text clues to help identify sequence of events.
