Holes follows Stanley Yelnats, a boy sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention camp where inmates are forced to dig holes every day under the harsh sun. As Stanley uncovers the truth behind the camp’s strange routines, the novel weaves together past and present stories of family curses, injustice, and friendship. Through humor and mystery, the story explores fate, resilience, and the powe…
Daniel barely remembers leading a normal life before the Naiz came to power in 1933. He can still picture once being happy and safe, but memories of those days are fading as he and his family face the dangers threatening Jews in Hitler's Germany in the late 1930s. No longer able to practice their religion, vote, own property, or even work, Daniel's family is forced from their home in Frankfurt …
Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence