holes Author: Louis Sachar About the author: Louis Sachar is the author of the novel Holes, as well as Stanley Yelnats’ Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake, There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom, Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes, and the Marvin Redpost series, among many other books. He was born March 20, 1954, in East Meadow, New York. He attended the University of California, at Berkeley. During his last year there, he helped out at an elementary school–Hillside School, an experience that inspired his first book, Sideways Stories from Wayside School. He attended Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco and graduated in 1980. He worked part-time as a lawyer for eight years as he continued to write children's books. He currently lives in Austin, Texas with his family.

What is the novel about? Digging holes Buried treasure friendship Juvenile delinquency outlaws creativity curses

Where does the novel take place? The main setting of the story takes place at Camp Green Lake. While the setting in the story is fictional, it is said that it is based on the true location of Green Lake in Texas

Who are the characters in the novel?

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