商品の説明

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.

商品の詳細

• Amazon.co.jp ランキング: #21 / 本
• 発売日: 2000-05-09
• オリジナル言語: 英語
• 寸法: .38 ポンド
• 版型: ペーパーバック
• 272 ページ

内容説明
Check out the Holes tour with Louis Sachar!
Monday, October 20th, 7:00 p.m. Anderson’s Bookshop, Naperville, IL
Tuesday, October 21st, 7:00 p.m., Barnes & Noble, Skokie, IL
Wednesday, October 22nd, 7:00 p.m., Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop, Brookfield, WI
Thursday, October 23rd, 7:00 p.m., Red Balloon Bookshop, St. Paul, MN
Friday, October 24th, 7:00 p.m. Wayzata Community Church, Wayzata, MN
Monday, October 27th, 7:00 p.m., Tattered Cover Bookstore, Highlands Ranch, CO
Tuesday, October 28th, 7:00 p.m., Borders, Aurora, CO


Stanley Yelnats tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment–and redemption.

Amazon.com
"If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy." Such is the reigning philosophy at Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention facility where there is no lake, and there are no happy campers. In place of what used to be "the largest lake in Texas" is now a dry, flat, sunburned wasteland, pocked with countless identical holes dug by boys improving their character. Stanley Yelnats, of palindromic name and ill-fated pedigree, has landed at Camp Green Lake because it seemed a better option than jail. No matter that his conviction was all a case of mistaken identity, the Yelnats family has become accustomed to a long history of bad luck, thanks to their "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather!" Despite his innocence, Stanley is quickly enmeshed in the Camp Green Lake routine: rising before dawn to dig a hole five feet deep and five feet in diameter; learning how to get along with the Lord of the Flies-styled pack of boys in Group D; and fearing the warden, who paints her fingernails with rattlesnake venom. But when Stanley realizes that the boys may not just be digging to build character--that in fact the warden is seeking something specific--the plot gets as thick as the irony.

It's a strange story, but strangely compelling and lovely too. Louis Sachar uses poker-faced understatement to create a bizarre but believable landscape--a place where Major Major Major Major of Catch-22 would feel right at home. But while there is humor and absurdity here, there is also a deep understanding of friendship and a searing compassion for society's underdogs. As Stanley unknowingly begins to fulfill his destiny--the dual plots coming together to reveal that fate has big plans in store--we can't help but cheer for the good guys, and all the Yelnats everywhere. (Ages 10 and older) --Brangien Davis

Amazon.com
"If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy." Such is the reigning philosophy at Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention facility where there is no lake, and there are no happy campers. In place of what used to be "the largest lake in Texas" is now a dry, flat, sunburned wasteland, pocked with countless identical holes dug by boys improving their character. Stanley Yelnats, of palindromic name and ill-fated pedigree, has landed at Camp Green Lake because it seemed a better option than jail. No matter that his conviction was all a case of mistaken identity, the Yelnats family has become accustomed to a long history of bad luck, thanks to their "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather!" Despite his innocence, Stanley is quickly enmeshed in the Camp Green Lake routine: rising before dawn to dig a hole five feet deep and five feet in diameter; learning how to get along with the Lord of the Flies-styled pack of boys in Group D; and fearing the warden, who paints her fingernails with rattlesnake venom. But when Stanley realizes that the boys may not just be digging to build character--that in fact the warden is seeking something specific--the plot gets as thick as the irony.

It's a strange story, but strangely compelling and lovely too. Louis Sachar uses poker-faced understatement to create a bizarre but believable landscape--a place where Major Major Major Major of Catch-22 would feel right at home. But while there is humor and absurdity here, there is also a deep understanding of friendship and a searing compassion for society's underdogs. As Stanley unknowingly begins to fulfill his destiny--the dual plots coming together to reveal that fate has big plans in store--we can't help but cheer for the good guys, and all the Yelnats everywhere. (Ages 10 and older) --Brangien Davis

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＊朗読CDは早いですが、だんだんと慣れました！＊
　レビューで良い本のようなので買ってみたのですが、、、
紙が茶色っぽいのと字が小さくて老眼には辛いので、、、
朗読CDも買って聞きながら読んでみました！
ネイティブの小中学生が対象なので、ともかく早いです！
CD１枚（約７０分）で６０ページ読みます！
CD４枚で２３３ページを早口で読み切ります！
比較するならハリーポッターの朗読CDよりも早いです！
ですから最初は聞きとれない感じもあったのですが、、、
２枚目には耳が慣れてきて大丈夫になりました！
ですからTOEICなどのリスニングの耳ならしにもなるかも？
お話は良いお話ですが子供の本にしてはシリアスな内容です。

原文の素晴らしさがより深く味わえます。
原作が素晴らしいので、ぜひ原書で読むのをおすすめします。私は辞書を引きながら原書を読みました。わからない単語の発音が、辞書の発音記号だけではいまいちピンとこなかったので、本を見ながら聴いています。ディズニーにより映画化されていて、そのＤＶＤも発売されていますが、この物語の独特な空気を完全に再現できていない気がしました。ＤＶＤを観るより朗読ＣＤを聴いたほうが想像力を刺激されて楽しめると、個人的には思いました。

さて、ナレーターは若い男性ですが、歌に軽くフレーズをつけたり、登場人物それぞれ声音を変えて表現したりと、表現力豊かです。効果音もないシンプルな朗読ですが、どんどん物語りに引き込まれます。十分満足できました。おすすめです。

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　この本、「英語耳」の松澤喜好先生お勧めです。
推薦の言葉にたがわず、どんどんストーリーに引き込まれます。
知らない英単語なんかなんのその。
センテンスが簡潔で、ややこしい心理描写や情景描写はほとんどなし。
言葉で押してくるタイプの小説ではありません。
なにげなく読み進めばシーンが浮かび上がる、
いわばヴィジュアル系ストーリーでしょうね。
英語読書の成功体験を得るにはうってつけかも。
面白いですよ。