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Reader reviewed by mearley

A boy accused of stealing shoes, a pig-stealing ancestor, a dried up lake, and a treasure-hungry warden come together in this amazing book.

Holes is one of the most brilliant YA novels ever written. Sachar juggles several seemingly unrelated plots, but joins them all together and ties up all the loose ends in a satisfying way at the end. When I taught this book, my students always BEGGED to read "just one more chapter." If you know middle-schoolers, you know that is extremely rare!