Chapter Chat: Holes

Chapter Chat will meet in the TCPL Young Adult Room twice each month. The August book selection is Holes, a modern classic by Louis Sachar.

Teens may come to one or both sessions, but they will need to sign up for each session. Books will be available for check out August 2nd. Read half of the book by the first session for discussion, and the second half for the second session!

At the first session, we will discuss the book, have a related activity and have a snack. At the second session, we will meet in the Community Room for a watch party! We will watch Disney's adaptation of Holes by Louis Sachar.

Book Description: 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.