★榮獲1999年 紐伯瑞文學獎金牌獎
★榮獲1999年 美國國家圖書獎
★榮獲1999年「紐約時報」年度傑出圖書
★榮獲1999年「出版商周刊」年度最佳圖書
★榮獲1999年「圖書館學報」年度最佳圖書
★榮獲1999年 波士頓全球號角書獎
★榮踞1999年 美國青少年讀物暢銷排行榜前三名


Winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award! This #1 New York Timesbestselling, 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


本書為美國紐柏瑞金獎以及美國國家圖書獎作品。本書也為《紐約時報》暢銷書第一名，書中男孩們被迫日以繼夜挖洞，但如今卻有另一番意義。

史丹利．葉納慈被詛咒了。葉納慈一家世世代代皆被詛咒所困。史丹利因此被不當地送往男孩管訓中心——綠湖營，在那裡的男孩每天要挖大約寬、深約 5 英尺大的洞，為的是磨練他們的性格。綠湖營其實並沒有湖，只有很多令人作嘔的洞。

史丹利並未花許多時間即發現，在綠湖營挖洞並不僅僅是讓他磨練而已，男孩挖洞是因為典獄長正尋找某樣東西。但是在這個乾涸的湖裡，會掩埋什麼東西呢？這個罪與罰的創意黑色幽默故事中，史丹利試著在挖掘真相，以及找到救贖。

內含雙重福利：有本書續集的節錄，以及路易斯．薩奇爾新篇小說《爛泥怪》的節錄。

《紐約時報》：「小說中的機智拼圖。」