Children's Audiobooks · Teen & Young Adult
Holes
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Recommendation DNA i
Established Profile
Narrative and listener evidence are still growing.
Stanley Yelnats believes his family is under a curse—one that began with his no-good, dirty-rotten, pig-stealing great-great-grandfather and has followed generations of Yelnatses. After being unjustly sent to the boys’ detention center at Camp Green Lake, Stanley is told that digging holes will build character. Every day, he and the other boys must dig holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep across the dry lakebed. But there is no lake at Camp Green Lake, and the digging soon seems suspicious.
Stanley realizes the boys are not simply being punished or reformed: the warden is searching for something buried beneath the cracked earth. As Stanley endures the camp’s harsh routine, he begins to wonder what the warden hopes to find—and whether the family curse has anything to do with the strange history of the place.
Evidence Confidence
Why this matters →- The book itself is well identified and supported across independent sources.
- We still have limited information tied to this exact recording or edition.
- We have recording-specific performance commentary or analyzed audio for this audiobook.
We have a useful picture of the audiobook, though some listening and edition-specific details are still becoming clearer.
Evidence Snapshot i
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Supporting sources 14
What this means
Unique evidence records that remain after filtering and deduplication. The larger evidence-signal total shown below can be higher because one retained record may support several separate facts or observations.
Source groups 7
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Separate reviews, forums, interviews, or conversations, with duplicates kept from inflating the total.
Networks 32
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Different platforms and publications represented in the research behind this page.
Supporting sources 2
What this means
Performance evidence that can actually describe how this narrator sounds or performs this recording. Identity records, narrator biographies, sample links, and awards are useful context but do not count here on their own.
Supporting sources 6
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Sources tied to the audiobook recording itself, such as verified product or catalog records that help resolve narrator, runtime, format, release information, or stable recording identifiers.
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The most recent date this page’s saved evidence picture was refreshed and checked.
A larger evidence pool gives us more to work with, but volume alone does not make a conclusion stronger. Relevance and independence still matter.
What the Evidence Adds
Useful context the synopsis doesn’t cover — patterns that may help you decide whether this book is your kind of read or listen.
Emotional Impact
Emotional stakes are a noticeable part of the book, rather than the story operating only at the level of plot or ideas.
Humor
Humor is a meaningful part of the book’s personality and helps shape how the story lands.
Built from 187 retained source records across 29 independent discussions and 19 source networks.
Awards & Recognition
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Narrator Experience
How Kerry Beyer and Louis Sachar performs this particular recording.
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Performance summary
The available recording-specific commentary gives an early, rather than settled, picture of the performance. The performance is described as controlled rather than highly theatrical, with comparatively subtle emphasis.
Verified against the exact title, author, and narrator. Opens the Google Play Books sample page; the commercial audio is not copied or rehosted here.
Performance at a glance
What the qualified evidence says about this narrationWhat this means for your listen
Early performance evidence points this way: the more restrained delivery should suit listeners who prefer subtle performance over highly theatrical narration.
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Evidence behind this section
Counts describe support for this narrator/recording, not a quality score.Why we describe the performance this way
We use evidence tied specifically to this recording. Repeated observations across independent sources carry more weight than isolated comments. Narrator background and career recognition can add useful context, but they do not determine how this performance is described.
Narrator recognition & background
- Louis Sachar appears on at least 1 other verified audiobook edition in our catalog.
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Reader Themes
How themes are identified
Character differentiation and humor are the ideas that recur most consistently, adding useful texture beyond the premise itself.
Evidence sources for these themes
Based on themes repeated across 69 independent discussions and 32 source networks.
Where Readers Agree
The strongest agreement centers on story quality and character differentiation. The leading theme appears across 6 independent discussions and 6 source networks, which makes it more than a one-off reaction. Humor also recurs as a meaningful secondary part of the response.
The strongest theme is independently supported across 6 discussions and 6 source networks.
Evidence sources for agreement
Is This Right for You?
Story and reader-fit guidance remains useful here. Recording-specific claims are limited to evidence matched to this exact edition.
You’ll probably enjoy this if…
- You are looking for a children's audiobooks story.
- You are looking for a teen & young adult story.
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- If narration style is important to you, use the verified sample above alongside the edition-matched performance evidence.
Our Take
This is a children's audiobooks and teen & young adult story where story quality stand out most strongly. For the audiobook, there is enough recording-specific support to add a meaningful performance view for Kerry Beyer, Louis Sachar in Narrator Experience. Verified recognition adds another positive point of context, although the recommendation still rests on the qualities of the work and, where supported, the recording itself.
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Runtime & Edition Details
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- Audiobook
- Language
- en
Why You Can Trust This Recommendation
- Identity and edition signals are checked separately
- Independent discussions and source networks are counted distinctly
- Narration claims require edition- or narrator-specific support
- Unsupported information is withheld instead of displayed as a zero score
187 evidence records remain in the research set behind this page after filtering and deduplication.
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