Louis Sachar: Holes, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Holes
- Winner of the National Book Award 1998 and the John Newbery Medal 1999
- Verlag:
- Random House LLC US, 08/2001
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert, ,
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780440228592
- Artikelnummer:
- 1191441
- Umfang:
- 288 Seiten
- Altersempfehlung:
- Ages 12 and up
- Copyright-Jahr:
- 2001
- Gewicht:
- 146 g
- Maße:
- 177 x 108 mm
- Stärke:
- 20 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 15.8.2001
- Hinweis
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Kurzbeschreibung
Stanley kommt durch einen Justizirrtum in eine Jugendstrafanstalt. Harte Arbeit soll aus den Jungen gute Staatsbürger machen. Für Stanley wird es eine Zeit des Erwachsenwerdens. Stanley's family has a history of bad luck, so he is not too surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to a Juvenile Detention Centre. Wonderfully, inventive, compelling novel, an instant classic.
Beschreibung
This winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award features Stanley Yelnats, a kid who 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 Yelnats. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the warden makes the boys "build character" by spending all day, every day, digging holes five feet wide and five feet deep. It doesn't take long for Stanley to realize there's more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake: the warden is looking for something. Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment - and redemption.
Rezension
A New York Public Library's 100 Great Children's Books 100 Years selection
"A dazzling blend of social commentary, tall tale and magic realism."
-- Publishers Weekly , Starred
"There is no question, kids will love Holes."-- School Library Journal , Starred
Klappentext
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 A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOK SELECTED FOR NUMEROUS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AND ALA HONORS
Biografie
Louis Sachar, 1954 geboren in East Meadow, New York, lebt mit Frau und Tochter in Kalifornien. Er studierte Ökonomie und Jura und arbeitete als Anwalt, bis seine Kinderbücher so erfolgreich waren, dass er sich ganz aufs Schreiben verlegen konnte. Mit 'Löcher' gelang ihm einer der größten internationalen Jugendbuch-Bestseller des vergangenen Jahrhunderts; das Buch wurde außerdem mit zwei der renommiertesten amerikanischen Jugendliteraturpreise ausgezeichnet: der Newberry Medal und dem National Book Award.
