Holes《別有洞天》是美國兒童文學作家路易斯?薩奇爾的代表作，一部充滿奇妙創意且扣人心弦的兒童文學作品，也是一部同時獲得紐伯瑞金獎和美國國家圖書獎的兒童文學，曾持續154周居“今日美國”暢銷書排行榜，堪稱美國兒童文學史上的奇書。 推薦理由： 1. 美國國家圖書獎、紐伯瑞金獎、號角童書獎等大獎作品，學校老師都推薦的經典讀物； 2. 故事情節充滿幽默、想象、冒險、刺激，能引起青少年的閱讀興趣； 3. 英文原版，詞匯簡單，閱讀難度不大，中學生或大學生都適合閱讀。 Winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award! This #1 New York Times bestselling, modern classic in which boys are forced to dig holes day in and day out is now available with a splashy new look. Reviews Winner of the Newbery Medal Winner of the National Book Award A New York Public Library’s 100 Great Children’s Books 100 Years Selection “A dazzling blend of social commentary, tall tale and magic realism.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review “There is no question, kids will loveHoles.” —SLJ, Starred Review “[A] rugged, engrossing adventure.” —Kirkus Reviews “This delightfully clever story is well-crafted and thought-provoking.” — VOYA “[Sachar] comes fully, brilliantly into his own voice. This is a can’t-put-it-down read.” —The Bulletin

翠湖營沒有湖，它已經干了一百多年?，F在，這里是專為壞孩子開設的訓練營。都怪糟糕透頂的臭屁偷豬賊曾曾祖父，斯坦利的曾祖父、祖父和父親就沒順過，這下輪到斯坦利了，因為偷一雙臭球鞋的罪名，他進了翠湖營。那里所有的孩子都被要求每天挖一個深五英尺、寬五英尺的洞，訓導員說這是為了改善品格。果然，在挖完第四十五個洞之后，一切都不一樣了…… 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 Yelnats. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys’ detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the warden makes the boys “build character” by spending all day, every day, digging holes: five feet wide and five feet deep. 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. Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment—and redemption.

There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. There once was a very large lake here, the largest lake in Texas. That was over a hundred years ago. Now it is just a dry, flat wasteland. There used to be a town of Green Lake as well. The town shriveled and dried up along with the lake, and the people who lived there. During the summer the daytime temperature hovers around ninety-five degrees in the shade—if you can find any shade. There’s not much shade in a big dry lake. The only trees are two old oaks on the eastern edge of the “lake.” A hammock is stretched between the two trees, and a log cabin stands behind that. The campers are forbidden to lie in the hammock. It belongs to the Warden. The Warden owns the shade. Out on the lake, rattlesnakes and scorpions find shade under rocks and in the holes dug by the campers. Here’s a good rule to remember about rattlesnakes and scorpions: If you don’t bother them, they won’t bother you. Usually. Being bitten by a scorpion or even a rattlesnake is not the worst thing that can happen to you. You won’t die. Usually. Sometimes a camper will try to be bitten by a scorpion, or even a small rattlesnake. Then he will get to spend a day or two recovering in his tent, instead of having to dig a hole out on the lake. But you don’t want to be bitten by a yellow-spotted lizard. That’s the worst thing that can happen to you. You will die a slow and painful death. Always. If you get bitten by a yellow-spotted lizard, you might as well go into the shade of the oak trees and lie in the hammock. There is nothing anyone can do to you anymore.

路易斯?薩奇爾，美國兒童文學作家。曾獲紐伯瑞兒童文學金獎，美國國家圖書獎青少年文學獎，《紐約時報》童書獎等五十多個兒童文學獎項，被英國《星期日獨立報》譽為“美國作家中少有的大師”。其代表包括《別有洞天》《全班都變成了蘋果》《我們學校要倒了》《三只耳朵的代課老師》等。 Newbery Award-winning author Louis Sacharis the creator of the entertaining Marvin Redpost books as well as the much-loved There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom, winner of 17 child-voted state awards. Louis Sachar’s book Holes, winner of the 1999 Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, is also an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, an ALA Quick Pick, an ALA Notable Book, and was made into a major motion picture.