FROM THE PUBLISHER
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.

Will be offering as a bookring, will list participants here. Hardcover Edition. Forum post announcing bookring.
Participants:

1. timollie5502(Philadelphia, PA)
   
2. wyldanthem (Alexandria, VA - Ship US/Canada only)
   
3. dianemdo(Sicklerville, NJ - Ship Int.)
   
4. Aisling78(Groveland, MA - Ship US Only)
   
5. mstumnus(Orange Park, FL)
   
6. colebear (Orange Park, Florida USA)
   
7. shellheap (Dover, NH - Ship Int.)
   
8. cambridgelass(Cambridge, UK - Prefers ship UK, can ship Int.)
   
9. perfect-circle (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK - Ship Int.)
   
10. ShadowPi(Watford, UK - Ship Int.)
    
11. andthings (milton keynes, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom - Ship Anywhere)
    
12. criminologeek (city of lights, Malaysia - Ship Int.)
    
13. AnnieMacFan(Tacoma, Washington - Ship Int.)
    
14. efs300 (Back to Bedford, NH)<----Completed

Bookring instructions ( Copied from catsalive):
1. SIGN UP for this bookring by sending me a Private Message. Order of participants will be juggled between geography, date of request and shipping limitations. Late additions may be added to the end of the list.
2. When the person before you on the list finishes reading the book, they will send you a Private Message for your postal address. If you no longer wish to read it, let them (and me!) know and I will move you down/off the list.
3. WHEN YOU RECEIVE THE BOOK please make a journal entry so everyone knows it has safely arrived. Bookrings should not be stressful, take your time and enjoy the book. Just make sure it gets mailed on to the next person.
4. WHEN YOU FINISH THE BOOK, make another journal entry telling us what you thought - did you like it? Did you think it was well-written?
5. CONTINUE THE BOOKRING by sending a Private Message to the person after you on the bookring list and request their postal address. Please check back here for the latest distribution list. If the person doesn't respond within 10-14 days (use your judgement), please PM the next person, and then me, so I can update the bookring list.
6. END OF THE RING, Back to me.

A note about shipping:

Please use the most inexpensive shipping method available to you, ESPECIALLY when shipping this book internationally.

Shipped this book to timollie5502 today at lunch to start this bookring. Shipping weight in a padded envelope was just under 1 pound (15.5 ounces or 440g)

Just got this in the mail today! I have one book ahead of it, but look forward to starting it soon!

PS - this is a hardcover book, by the way - not paperback.

Just finished this yesterday. I really enjoyed reading it, finally! It was very similar to the movie, which is rare. But it was a nice, quick read.

This is on its way to wyldeanthem, mailed on 10/31.

Received yesterday and started reading today — so far, so good! Thanks to timollie, for sending it on, and to efs300 for offering this 'ring!

Well that was a quick read!

I haven't seen the movie (didn't realize one was made, actually), but I'd heard enough great things about this book to make me curious. And I'm glad, because it turned out to be a very fun, light read.

From the beginning Stanley Yelnats' name made me smile, and every time he cursed his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather I laughed out loud. What really pulled me in, though, was that Louis Sachar's scenery was just as unique and interesting as his characters. I found myself really interested in the town that once thrived on the now dried-up lake, how the lake dried up to begin with, and what happened to the town's inhabitants — particularly Kissin' Kate and Sam the onion man.

Camp Green Lake is an interesting place. I'm glad I was given the opporunity to visit, though I can't say I'd want to stay there. :)

EDIT:
As of earlier this week, Holes is on its way to dianemdo in New Jersey.

Confirmation Code: 0304 3490 0001 0783 0947

Just arrived today. Thanks again!

A very cute book. Once I started, I read it in only a couple of days.
Will send it on ASAP.

CONTROLLED RELEASE: Mailed today to Aisling78 via media mail. Enjoy it!

Yay! This arrived Saturday (2 days ago), but I was away for the weekend & wasn't able to get online until now to journal that it got here. I can't wait to begin -- I just finished another book Friday & hadn't picked up another yet, so this came just in time!

Wow. I started reading this book on my lunch break at work -- a measly half hour. Cam home, settled in on the couch after supper, and refused to put it down until I was done (thankfully I read fairly quickly, so I wasn't too bleary-eyed the next day at work!).

This was such a unique story. I loved the plot, and was fascinated by the characters (especially Stanley and Zero). The back-stories about Stanley's great, great grandfather and how his actions put a curse on his descendants, and the relationship between Kissin' Kate and Sam the Onion Man, were just as interesting as the events that were taking place in the present-time.
I vaguely remember the promos for this movie, and am considering renting it this weekend to compare the movie version to the book itself.

Thank you so much, efs300, for sharing this book with us! I've e-mailed the next bookcrosser in line, mstumnus, and will send it off to Florida once I have an address.

"Holes" has (finally) been mailed! 6-24-06.
It's on it's way to mstumnus in Orange Park, FL.

This book is having quite the time trying to get to the next bookcrosser. It showed up in my mailbox again yesterday, with a stamped label stating: "Attempted -- Not Known. Orange Park, FL 32073"

ACK! I PMed MsTumnus, begging her to send me her address one more time, so hopefully this book can resume it's journey again very soon.

I caught this book from mstumnus's bookshelf last night. I was over with some friends and she admitted to me that she had never journaled this book and since she doesn't have internet access she didn't know how to move it along. I brought it home so I could journal it for her and to help her move it along. I've PMed the next person and will ship it off as soon as I get an address.

On mstumnus's behalf, I humbly appologize for holding the ring up. mstumnus said she vastly enjoyed the book, as did her husband.

Mailed today. In fact, I splurged and bought Delivery Confirmation even though I usually only get it on boxes. DC # 0306 2400 0002 4508 5399

Got in the mail days ago. Sorry to be so long journaling! This was
a fun, easy, entertaining read. Also a message that wasn't too sugary sweet...maybe a little "Splooshy!"
PMed cambridgelass for address.

5 out of 5

fantastic read i amanaged to read within a few days, you really get into the unique story of family, friendship and destiny.

is ready to send on

Arrivec today, thanks very much! Is next on the TBR pile.

I was lucky enough to get a couple of hours to myself today and picked this up. I was very quickly drawn into the story and managed to get it finished already.

I loved the story and the characters, especially Stanley and Zero. It's a really unqiue story and I'll be keeping my eye out for the film on TV.

Weebly has already read the book, so I've contacted chas04 and will post on as soon as I have an address. Thanks efs300 for sending this out.

Finally managed to get this moving again! ShadowPi and andthings didn't respond to emails so it was posted airmail to criminologeek this morning.

Caught the book! Thanks, perfect-circle and also efs300!

I find 'Holes' to be:
sometimes boring
sometimes hilarious
sometimes simple
sometimes funny
sometimes unrealistic...

but all in all, it's a good read.

Will mail the book to AnnieMacFan as soon as I get her address.

Just received this book. Looking forward to reading it right away. Thanks for the opportunity criminologeek and efs300.

Loved the story as much as I loved the movie. Will be returning the book to efs300 as soon as I have an address.

Holes arrived back home several days ago after its trip around the world. We were on vacation at Disney World at the time, see pic. I would like to thanks everyone that read this book and kept the bookring going. It is great to get a bookring book back home. This is going on reserve and in the fall when my wife goes back to her teaching job she is going to hopefully get some of her colleagues interested in bookcrossing using this book.