Holes (novel)

Holes is a novel written by Louis Sachar. It was published on August 20, 1998 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, with cover art by Vladimir Radunsky.

The novel is about Stanley Yelnats, a 15-year old boy who is sent to a camp for young criminals. At the camp, boys must dig 5 foot wide and 5-foot-deep holes in a dried up lake in the middle of a hot desert. The young criminals bullied Stanley Yelnats and treated him as a baby. The Yelnats family were cursed by Stanley's Great=Great-Grandfather.

In 2003, Disney released a movie also titled Holes which was based on this novel. Holes was directed by Andrew Davis and written by the author of Holes himself, Louis Sachar. In 2006, Sachar also published a companion novel called Small Steps, which is about two of the side characters from Holes. The movie is currently found on Disney+.