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HOLES
By Louis Sachar
Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 233 pages, $16
This darkly comic novel–intended for young readers 12 and older but also a joy for grown-ups–is sort of what happens when “Catch-22” meets “Lord of the Flies.” In this tale, a winner of the Newbery and National Book Awards, a wrongly accused Stanley Yelnats extends his family’s streak of bad luck and is sent to dig holes in a juvenile-detention facility. Author Louis Sachar creates a complex narrative puzzle that is captivating–and utterly surprising.
