This groundbreaking classic is now available in a special anniversary edition with bonus content. Winner of the Newbery Medal as well as the National Book Award, HOLES is a New York Times bestseller and one of the strongest-selling middle-grade books to ever hit shelves! Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. But there are an awful lot of holes. It doesn't take long for Stanley to realize there's more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. But what could be buried under a dried-up lake? Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment —and redemption. Special anniversary edition bonus content includes: A New Note From the Author!; "Ten Things You May Not Know About HOLES" by Louis Sachar; and more! . AWARDS •  2001 New Jersey Garden State Teen Book Award winner •  2001 Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award winner •  1999 ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers winner •  1999 ALA Notable Children's Book winner •  2001 Hawaii Nene Award winner •  2001 Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award winner •  2001 Ohio Buckeye Children's Book Award winner •  Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award winner •  2012 Scholastic Parent & Child 100 Greatest Books for Kids winner •  2000 Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award winner •  2001 Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award winner •  1999 Newbery Medal Winner winner •  2002 Florida Sunshine State Book Award winner •  2002 Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award winner •  2001 New Mexico Land of Enchantment Book Award winner •  2001 Washington Evergreen Young Adult Book Award winner •  2001 Wisconsin Golden Archer Book Award winner •  2000 Maine Student Book Award winner •  2001 Missouri Mark Twain Award winner •  2002 Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Award winner •  2000 Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fischer Book Award winner •  2000 Kentucky Bluegrass Award winner •  South Dakota Prairie Pasque Award winner •  2000 Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award winner •  1999 ALA Best Books for Young Adults winner •  2001 Kansas William White Award winner •  2001 North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award winner •  1999 Texas Lone Star Reading List winner •  2012 TimeOutNewYorkKids.com 50 Best Books for Kids winner •  2001 Arizona Young Readers Award short-listed •  2000 Massachusetts Children's Book Award winner •  New York State Three Apples Award short-listed •  2001 Arizona Young Readers Award •  New York State Three Apples Award •  2018 New York State Three Apples Award •  1999 Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award winner •  2001 South Dakota Prairie Pasque Award winner