Young Stanley Yelnats finds himself at Camp Green Lake, where digging a hole a day keeps the warden at bay and "builds character". An ancient family curse still dogs Stanley and he's thrown headlong into the adventure of his life. Stanley and his campmates will have to forge fast friendships to unearth the mystery of what's really going on in the desert.

Soon after her beloved grandmother's death, Trisha's family moves to a diverse California neighborhood where she meets Stewart and his grandmother, Miss Eula, who brings people together to help a grieving neighbor.

Study Guide compares the novel “Holes” by Louis Sachar to the movie version “Holes” (2003) starring Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Shia LaBeouf, Henry Winkler, Eartha Kitt, and Patricia Arquette. This is one of the most accurate movie versions of a novel because the book's author, Louis Sachar, wrote the screenplay. Distance Learning or Homeschooling -The Common Core Standards call for comparing the novel text to a different version, especially...

It was getting so a person couldn't sleep nights anymore. Would you like to see all hell break loose? Just make a few holes in nothing at all-push some steel beams through the holes-and then head for the hills. But first, read what happened to some people who really did it.

'Holes in The Whole' seeks meaning and reasons for the existence of the city. It demonstrates the urgent need to expand the sphere of urban activity, to define the city not only as, a territory of exploitation, but as space of human existence in its fullest dimension. The book defines the conditions, under which the city can develop as an entity without falling into the trap of arrogant self-sufficiency. It identifies the mechanisms that promote independent...

Five Classic Short Stories from The Golden Age of Science Fiction. Featured here: "The Holes Around Mars", "Where There's Hope", "The Draw", "The Slizzers", and "The God-Plllnk" all by Jerome Bixby.

Explore the dark side of space in Out of this World, a new and exciting series for struggling readers. What are the four different types of black holes? What's inside a black hole? These and other fascinating questions are discussed in the Black Holes title using considerate text that is written at a higher maturity level with a lower reading level to engage struggling readers. A table of contents, glossary with simplified pronunciations, and index...

"This book explores the latest discoveries about black holes while also exploring various theories and discoveries throughout history and even looking into the future."--

"Steven S. Gubser, Winner of the 2017 Simons Investigator Award in Physics, Simons Foundation" "Frans Pretorius, Winner of the 2017 New Horizons Prize in Fundamental Physics" Steven S. Gubser (1972–2019) was professor of physics at Princeton University. His books include The Little Book of String Theory (Princeton). Frans Pretorius is professor of physics at Princeton. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey. Dive into a mind-bending exploration of...