Tác Giả Louis Sachar

Winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award! This 1 New York Times bestselling, modern classic in which boys are forced to dig holes day in and day out is now available with a splashy new look.

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.

Includes a double bonus: an excerpt from Small Steps, the follow-up to Holes, as well as an excerpt from Louis Sachar's new middle-grade novel, Fuzzy Mud.

"A smart jigsaw puzzle of a novel." --The New York Times

WINNER OF THE BOSTON GLOBE-HORN BOOK AWARD

There's A Boy In The Girls' Bathroom

The wonderfully funny and richly warm novel by the bestselling, award-winning author of Holes

Meet Bradley Chalkers. He's the oldest child in the class. He tells ENORMOUS lies. He picks fights with girls. The teachers say he has 'serious behaviour problems'. And no one likes him ... Except Carla, the new school counsellor. She thinks Bradley is kind and generous, and she even enjoys his far-fetched stories.

Carla knows that Bradley could change, if only he weren't afraid to try. Sometimes the hardest thing in the world is believing in yourself.

A heartwarming story of bravery and acceptance from Louis Sachar, the bestselling author of Holes and Fuzzy Mud.

A modern classic . . . from the New York Times bestselling author who has been recognized with the Newberry Award as well as the National Book Award!

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.

Includes a double bonus: an excerpt from Small Steps, the follow-up to Holes, as well as an excerpt from Louis Sachar’s new middle-grade novel, Fuzzy Mud.

Stanley Yelnats bị dính lời nguyền, một lời nguyền được truyền từ đời cụ-cố-ăn-trộm-heo-vô-dụng-đáng-tởm nhà nó cho đến tận bây giờ. Một ngày nọ Stanley bị đôi giày của cầu thủ bóng chày nổi tiếng rơi trúng đầu, mọi người đều nghĩ nó lấy cắp, vị thẩm phán cho Stanley chọn một trong hai: vào tù hoặc đến trại Hồ Xanh. Stanley không muốn phải vào tù.

Ở trại Hồ Xanh – một vùng đất khô cằn - tất cả những đứa trẻ được cho là hư hỏng như Stanley phải đào những cái hồ từ ngày này sang ngày khác, báo lại tất cả những gì chúng tìm được. Quản giáo ở trại bảo rằng chúng phải đào để bồi dưỡng nhân cách. Nhưng mọi chuyện có phải chỉ đơn giản như vậy? Stanley dần nhận ra bên dưới những cái hố chứa đựng một sự thật đã được chôn giấu hơn trăm năm qua, từ những ngày Hồ Xanh còn đầy ắp nước trong veo…

“Cuốn sách như một trò chơi ghép hình thông minh.” – The New York Times

“Kết cấu sáng tạo cùng với những nhân vật khó quên đã tạo nên một câu chuyện xuất sắc.” – Book Magazine