Holes

Chapter 9 Stanley stood in the shower and let the cold water pour over his hot and sore body. It was four minutes of heaven. For ...

stepped out of the truck, he didn’t even know the Warden was a woman. He nervously went toward her. “Mr. Pendanski and I have be ...

“I’m not looking for trouble,” Stanley said. “I’m just tired, that’s all.” The Lump grunted. X-Ray and Armpit led Stanley over t ...

Chapter 15 Mr. Pendanski filled the canteens. The Warden got a pitchfork out of the back of the pickup. She poked it through X-R ...

Stanley looked around the room. This was the one place in camp where the boys could enjoy themselves, and what’d they do? They w ...

boys’ shoulders, and sticking her pitchfork through the dirt piles. “You’re doing fine, just fine,” she told Stanley. After a wh ...

Chapter 10 Stanley had no trouble falling asleep, but morning came much too quickly. Every, muscle and joint in his body ached a ...

Chapter 16 As Stanley entered the Wreck Room, he could hear X-Ray’s voice from all the way across the room. “See what I’m saying ...

rock. As he put his cap on his head, he continued to look down at the rock. He picked it up. He thought he could see the shape o ...

By lunchtime the Warden was beginning to lose her patience. She made them eat quickly, so they could get back to work. “If you c ...

“So do I get the rest of the day off?” “What for?” “You know, you said if I found something interesting, the Warden would give m ...

It was wonderful to hear from you Your letter made me feel like one of the other moms who can afford to send their kids to summe ...

Chapter 11 Stanley returned to his hole. It wasn’t fair. Mr. Pendanski had even said his fossil was interesting. He slammed his ...

Chapter 17 For the next week and a half, the boys continued to dig in and around the area where X-Ray had supposedly found the g ...

group, since he obviously wasn’t the biggest or the toughest. In fact, except for Zero, X-Ray was the smallest. Armpit was the b ...

“Hey, Mom!” Magnet called. “Caveman’s been hurt.” Stanley brought his fingers up the side of his neck. He felt his wet blood and ...

Chapter 12 Again, Stanley was the last one to finish digging. It was late afternoon when he dragged himself back to the compound ...

Chapter 18 The next morning Mr. Sir marched the boys to another section of the lake, and each boy dug his own hole, five feet de ...

animals?” “Veterinarian,” said Armpit. “That’s right,” said Mr. Pendanski. “He could work in a zoo,” said Zigzag. “He belongs in ...

I’ll be careful. It’s not all fun and games here, but I think I’m getting a lot out of it. It builds character. The other boys “ ...