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Louis Sachar: Holes (1998, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) 4 stars

As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on …

Review of 'Holes' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

First re-read since my “boys” were little. Loved it again! I wish we hadn’t gotten rid of their copy. I may need to add it to my personal library again. [UPDATE: When I wrote the review, I had been ill for several days and, perhaps, a bit delirious. When I commented to my DH that I wished we still had a copy, he reminded me that we had purchased a quite nice hardcover edition on clearance at Half Price Books on our previous date night—the night before I took ill. I got to enjoy the excitement of the find all over again! ;-) ]