Read On! Fort Collins 2003-4: Holes

Holes by Louis Sachar won as the book that Fort Collins read in spring 2004. There were a variety of community events in the city, which included a visit by Louis Sachar to Fort Collins on April 25, 2004. He spoke at Lincoln Center from 1-3pm. This Web page has information (and links to information) about Holes and the three other books that were considered for Fort Collins to read as a community. The catch phrase for this project is Read On! Fort Collins.

Note: The number of entries in the listed indexes is from November 2003. In addition, the Web links on this page are but a selection of the resources available. See citations to some of the articles about Holes on this page.

Holes (1998)
Author: Louis Sachar
Number of pages: 233

"Stanley is just a regular kid until he is found responsible for a crime he didn't commit. We learn about a curse that has been in his family for several generations. . . " (source)

• In Contemporary Authors (CSU affiliates only or through FCPL with public library card).
• MLA Bibliography has 1 entry with this book as a subject.
• Academic Search Premier has 48 entries with this book as a subject. It appears 59 times overall (search: Holes and Sachar)
• Louis Sachar: Top of His Class. Barbara Strickland, The Austin Chronicle. Article about the author and his book Holes.
• Holes. Literature Ladder. Oodles of links about the book. Interviews, reviews, classroom ideas, topic development.
• Louis Sachar: Teacher Resource Page. Internet School Library Media Center. Biography, lesson plans, literary criticism.
• Louis Sachar. Children's Book Council. Louis Sachar talks about writing and his favorite authors.
• Louis Sachar. His books by series. Link to movie promotion.

CSU owns five copies of Holes: check SAGE record 1, SAGE record 2, and SAGE record 3 to see if a copy is available.

Articles about Holes

• Hoyos (Book). By: Otero-Boisvert, Maria. Criticas, May/Jun2002, Vol. 2 Issue 3, p64, 2p. FTASP
• What's Good about the Best? By: Hipple, Ted; Maupin, Amy B.. English Journal, Jan2001, Vol. 90 Issue 3, p40, 3p. CSU owns journal.
• Teens and adults will dig this deep story. By: Charles, Ron. Christian Science Monitor, 12/10/98, Vol. 91 Issue 11, p17. FTASP
• He Didn't Do It. By: Hearne, Betsy. New York Times Book Review, 11/15/98, Vol. 148 Issue 51342, p52, 2/3p.
• Reviews: Fiction. By: Gordon, Lee. Book Report, May/Jun99, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p66, 2p. FTASP
• Book reviews: Featured review. By: Sutton, Roger. Horn Book Magazine, Sep/Oct98, Vol. 74 Issue 5, p593, 3p. FTASP
• Grades 5 & up: Fiction. By: Follos, Alison. School Library Journal, Sep98, Vol. 44 Issue 9, p210, 1/6p. FTASP
• Forecasts: Children's books. Publishers Weekly, 07/27/98, Vol. 245 Issue 30, p78, 1/6p. FTASP
• Spring Book Surprises. By: Hurst, Carol Otis. Teaching PreK-8, Apr99, Vol. 29 Issue 7, p80, 2p. FTASP
• Digging deep for the hole story. By: Bowen, Mike. Times Educational Supplement, 1/31/2003 Issue 4517, TES Teacher p19.

• Holes. By: Mandell, Phyllis Levy; Reutter, Vicki. School Library Journal, Feb2004, Vol. 50 Issue 2, p66. 1/5p. FTASP
• Holes' delivers fun by the shovelful. By: Claudia Puig. USA Today, 04/18/2003. FTASP
• Things are looking up for Disney's 'Holes.' By: Scott Bowles. USA Today, 04/21/2003. FTASP

• A conversation with Louis Sachar. Writing, Nov/Dec2002, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p26, 4p. FTASP
• Keep on Digging. By: Miller, Todd. American Theatre, Apr2002, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p28, 1p. [About playscript.] FTASP
• Louis Sachar. By: Sachar, Sherre; Sachar, Carla. Horn Book Magazine, Jul/Aug99, Vol. 75 Issue 4, p418, 5p. FTASP
• Sachar Wins National Book Award. By: Margolis, Rick; Ferguson, Amanda. School Library Journal, Jan99, Vol. 45 Issue 1, p17, 1/7p.
• 1999 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards. By: Sachar, Louis; Bishop, Nic. Horn Book Magazine, Jan/Feb2000, Vol. 76 Issue 1, p42. FTASP
• Sachar wins readers' award. Reading Today, Aug/Sep2002, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p9, 1/8p. FTASP
• Caldecott and Newbery Medal Winners for 1999. By: Giorgis, Cyndi; Reading Teacher, 1999 Dec-2000 Jan; 53 (4): 338-43. FTASP
• The 1999 Newbery medal acceptance speech. By: Sachar, Louis, 1954-. Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, Summer 1999, Vol. 12 Issue 4, p. 12-15. [There are libraries in Colorado other than CSU and FCPL which own the journal.]
• People in the News. U.S. News & World Report, 02/15/99, Vol. 126 Issue 6, p12, 1p. [1999 Newbery Medal] FTASP
  

• Fate and Fortune in a Modern Fairy Tale: Louis Sachar's Holes. By: Pinsent, Pat. Children's Literature in Education, Sep2002, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p203, 10p. FTASP
• Popular Postmodernism for Young Adult Readers: "Walk Two Moons," "Holes," and "Monster." By: StephenieYearwood. ALAN Review, Spr-Sum 2002; Vol. 29 Issue 3, p50-53.
• Settings take you places: Holes. by L. Sachar; with reproducible. By: Novelli, Joan. Instructor (New York, N.Y.: 1999), v. 110 no5 (Jan./Feb. 2001) p. 53-6. FTASP
  

• General News, Major Newspapers, previous ten years, has over 190 articles (all full text)
• U.S. News, Midwest Regional Sources, previous ten years, has over 30 articles (all full text)
• U.S. News, Northeast Regional Sources, previous ten years, has over 100 articles (all full text)
• U.S. News, Southeast Regional Sources, previous ten years, has over 40 articles (all full text)
• U.S. News, Western Regional Sources, previous ten years, has over 90 articles (all full text)

Information about the other three books considered is found below. You might want to read them too!

Bless Me Ultima | Samurai's Garden | The Meadow

Bless Me Ultima (1972) (Bendíceme, Última)
Author: Rudolfo Anaya
Number of Pages: 262

This novel follows the sociopsychological maturation of a Chicano boy in New Mexico in the 1940s. A story pitting good against evil, Catholic beliefs against the "old ways," and education against the gift of intuition, it ends with acceptance and new life challenges.

• In Contemporary Authors and Contemporary Literary Criticism (CSU affiliates only or through Fort Collins Public Library (FCPL) with public library card).
• MLA Bibliography has 43 entries with this book as a subject. It appears over 50 times overall.
• Academic Search Premier has 10 entries with this book as a subject. It appears 15 times overall.
• ArticleFirst has 6 entries about this book.
• Humanities Index has 3 entries about this book.

• Book Review Index: A Master Cumulation 1965-1984 (printed source Z 1035 .A1 B713 1985 REF) has 9 entries for this book.

• InfoPlease.com biographical entry
• Rudolfo Anaya: Fiction, Plays and Children's Fiction, New Mexico Local Legacies
• Review Rambles: A Cultural Arts Magazine
• Bibliography (on Rudolfo Anaya) Penn State College of Education
• Read It, Kids! Your Parents Don't Have to Know! California School District Removes 'Bless Me, Ultima' from Curriculum. Steven Robert Allen. Weekly Wire.

Samurai's Garden (1995)
Author: Gail Tsukiyama
Number of pages: 211

"On the eve of the Second World War, a young Chinese man is sent to his family's summer home in Japan to recover from tuberculosis. He will rest, swim in the salubrious sea, and paint in the brilliant shoreside light. It will be quiet and solitary. But he meets four local residents - a lovely young Japanese girl and three older people . . .." (literati.net source no longer active)

• Academic Search Premier has 4 entries with this book as a subject.
• Book Review Index: A Master Cumulation 1993-1997 (printed source Z 1035 .A1 B7136 1999 v. 3 REF) has 7 entries for this book.

• Gail Tsukiyama. Book Reporter 2003. Bio, article, and past interview. Review of Samaurai's Garden.
• Gail Tsukiyama writes to explore her dual heritage. Elisabeth Sherwin 1998. Virtual Markets. Biographical information & quotes from presentation at U of California at Davis.
• Gail Tsukiyama - The Samurai's Garden. Allreaders.com. Review of book.

The Meadow (1992)
Author: James Galvin
Number of pages: 232

• In Contemporary Authors (CSU affiliates only or through FCPL with public library card).
• MLA Bibliography has 2 entries with this book as a subject.
• Academic Search Premier has 7 entries with this book as a subject. It appears 9 times overall (search: Meadow and Galvin).
• ArticleFirst has 1 entry for this book (search: Meadow and Galvin).
• Book Review Index: A Master Cumulation 1985-1992 (printed source Z 1035 .A1 B7135 1994 v. 2 REF) has 6 entries for this book.

See also One State (Colorado), One Book & Read On! for 2002

Note: As with ALL research, be sure to carefully evaluate what you find and use: books, articles, and Web pages!

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