Reading Level
What is the reading level of Holes?
Readers on Amazon consider it readable at 5 - 6 Grade Level.
What is the Lexile Measure of Holes?
A popular method used by schools to measure a student reader’s ability is Lexile level or a Lexile Measure. The Lexile Level of Holes is 660L .
What age is Holes suitable for ?
Readers of age 10 years and up will enjoy Holes.
Reading Time
2 hrs 48 mins
How long to read Holes?
The estimated word count of Holes is 41,850 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 2 hrs 48 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 4 hrs 39 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 1 hrs 33 mins.
| Holes - 41,850 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 4 hrs 39 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 2 hrs 48 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 1 hrs 33 mins |
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More about Holes
41,850 words
Word Count
for Holes
272 pages
Pages
4 hours and 30 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
20 Years in PrintWinner of the National Book Award TIME Magazine's 100 Best YA Books of All Time“Dazzling” ―Publishers Weekly, starred review“Heartrending” ―The Horn Book, starred review“Brilliant” ―School Library Journal, starred review“Engrossing” ―Kirkus Reviews“A joyful, eerie tour de force” ―The Boston Sunday Globe“Wildly inventive” ―The New York Times Book ReviewStanley Yelnats’s family has a history of bad luck, so he isn’t too surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to a boys’ juvenile detention center, Camp Green Lake. But there is no lake―it has been dry for over a hundred years―and it’s hardly a camp: as punishment, the boys must each dig a hole a day, five feet deep, five feet across, in the hard earth of the dried-up lake bed. The warden claims that this pointless labor builds character, but that’s a lie. Stanley must try to dig up the truth. In this wonderfully inventive, compelling novel that is both serious and funny, Louis Sachar weaves a narrative puzzle that tangles and untangles, until it becomes clear that the hand of fate has been at work in the lives of the characters―and their forebears―for generations. It is a darkly humorous tale of crime, punishment, and redemption. Read more