Holes: With Bonus Material

　　葉納慈家好幾代以來都很倒楣，所以連天上掉下來的球鞋，都可以害史丹利?葉納慈獲罪！他被送入少年管訓的綠湖營。綠湖根本就不是湖，它已經乾涸了一百多年了，綠湖營也不是營隊，這些少年犯每天都得在硬梆梆的乾涸湖床上挖一個各五英尺的洞作為懲罰。

　　挖洞的目的根本不是為了磨練少年的個性，葉納慈家倒楣的原因也其來有自，這些謎團一個緊扣著一個，在少年揮汗挖洞的過程中，真相就要被挖掘出來……
      
　　本書是一本非常特別的小說。書中內容涉及輪迴、詛咒、命運等觀念，作者運用緊密的結構，優美的文字，將書中每一個角色的個性都描寫得深刻且生動，使人感受到絕佳的文學閱讀經驗。本書絕對讓人愛不釋手，一旦拿起，就捨不得放下。
 
　　本書內容由於有好幾代的故事穿插出現，為了讓讀者便於閱讀，在編輯手法上，採取改變字體的方式，使讀者一目了然，可以清楚明白故事內容。

　　本書中譯本<<洞>>由小魯文化 出版

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

作者簡介

路易斯．薩奇爾  (Louis Sachar)

　　路易斯薩奇爾生於紐約的East Meadow。他於九歲時遷往南加州，現在則定居於德克薩斯州的奧斯汀。路易斯念法律學院，並且在閒暇時間寫兒童書。儘管路易斯獲得法律學位，他仍然決定捨律師當專職的兒童書作家。路易斯有一位名叫卡拉的妻子與名叫雪莉的女兒。路易斯喜歡下棋、玩牌、滑雪、彈吉他和大聲唱歌，不過他最喜歡的卻是與卡拉與雪莉在一起消磨時間。路易斯的其他作品還有：

　　‧There's A Boy In The Girls Bathroom
　　‧Dogs Don't Tell Jokes
　　‧Sideway Stories From Wayside School
　　‧Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger

　　Louis Sachar was born in New York. He was inspired to write children's books after working as a teacher's aide to gain extra credit. After graduation he worked in a sweater warehouse in Connecticut and wrote at night. He was soon fired from that job and moved onto law school where in his first week of study Sideways Stories From Wayside School was published. In 2000 Louis Sacher wrote Holes which became both an instant classic and a film starring Sigourney Weaver. Holes was his first book to be published in the UK and continues to prove popular among younger readers. Once Louis Sachar begins writing a new book he refuses to talk to anyone until it is finished and entry to his office is barred apart from his two dogs. The Cardturner is his new book which publishes in 2010.