Facts about Holes

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   In Holes, the juvenile detention camp is named Camp Green Lake, a cruel irony since the lake has been completely dry for over a hundred years.

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   The 2003 film adaptation of Holes featured Shia LaBeouf in his first major movie role at age 17.

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   Author Louis Sachar spent five years writing Holes, publishing the 1998 novel that won the Newbery Medal in 1999.

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