This book is about a boy, Stanley Yelnats, who is part of a family that has a curse on them, which causes him to have a lot of bad luck. Stanley is wrongly accused of a crime, and he is sent to Camp Green Lake juvenile detention center. He and the others boys there are forced every day to dig giant wholes in the dirt (where no lake is). He eventually learns that the warden is searching for something. The story continues with Stanley (and his new friend Zero) slowly discovering the curse placed on his family as well as the thing that the warden is desperately in search of. In the end, Stanley ends the curse, and he leaves the camp.
This book would be a great book to do a literature focus unit on because many students enjoy this as a fun read. Therefore, it would be engaging to turn this book into a lesson with vocabulary words and discussion questions analyzing different parts of a much-loved book.
The following is a link to worksheets, discussion questions, and other activity ideas for this book: http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/book-holes.html
The following is Scholastic's guide for this novel: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/holes-teachers-guide
The following video is the trailer for the move that goes along with this book:
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