Holes-Louis Sachar-Year 6
A firm Year 6 favourite, Louis Sachar’s 1998 children’s novel, Holes, tells the story of a boy accused of stealing. A judge sentences him to 18 months in a camp where a tyrannical warden has the boys’ digging holes that appear random. This text explores the themes of friendship, family relationships, the consequences of choices resulting from fate and destiny, cruelty versus kindness as well as justice in the formal sense and on a personal level too. Pupils (and teachers) are transported to Camp Green Lake, to immerse themselves into the characters within the story.
