Holes

She slapped him across the face. He laughed. “You kissed the onion picker. Why won’t you kiss me?” She tried to slap him again, ...

These are the facts: The Walker boat smashed into Sam’s boat. Sam was shot and killed in the water. Katherine Barlow was rescued ...

Chapter 27 Stanley dug his shovel into the ground. His hole was about three and a half feet deep in the center. He grunted as he ...

teacher, although Zero was a quick learner. Sometimes, in fact, Stanley hoped the Warden was watching them, with her secret came ...

“Capital Z – e – r – o.” Zero wrote the letters as Stanley said them. “Zero,” he said, looking at his piece of paper. His smile ...

Chapter 28 After twenty years, Kate Barlow returned to Green Lake. It was a place where nobody would ever find her—a ghost town ...

“Oh, Linda, I’m so sorry,” said Kate. Trout jabbed her throat with the rifle. “Where’s the loot?” “There is no loot,” said Kate. ...

“We’re being easy on you today,” said Trout. “It’s just going to keep getting worse and worse for you until you take us to it.” ...

Part 2 The Last Hole ...

Chapter 29 There was a change in the weather. For the worse. The air became unbearably humid. Stanley was drenched in sweat. Bea ...

had robbed him and left him stranded in the desert. No one ever knew what he meant by that. He was delirious when he said it. “B ...

Chapter 30 The next day was Zigzag’s birthday. Or so he said. Zigzag lay in his cot as everyone headed outside. “I get to sleep ...

Of course it helped that Zero dug some of his hole for him each day, but that wasn’t as great as everyone thought it was. He alw ...

his place in line. “Since you’re so much better than me.” Stanley remained where he was. “I didn’t say I was bet—” “You’re insul ...

“Why should he?” snapped X-Ray. “Caveman’s bigger. He can take care of himself.” “I don’t want any trouble,” Stanley said. Zigza ...

trouble was over. The Warden walked over from her cabin. “There was a riot,” Mr. Pendanski told her. “Zero almost strangled Rick ...

“Tell me what you learned yesterday,” said the Warden. “Surely you can remember that.” Zero said nothing. Mr. Pendanski laughed. ...

“I’ll tell you what’s wrong with that,” the Warden said. “It leads to trouble. Zero almost killed Zigzag.” “It causes him stress ...

Chapter 31 Stanley angrily dug his shovel into the dirt. He was angry at everyone—Mr. Pendanski, the Warden, Zigzag, X-Ray, and ...

scratch him up as well. X-Ray would be out to get him for the next sixteen months. He dug his shovel into the dirt. By the next ...