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Holes Characters Word Search printable puzzle sheet, 15 hidden words

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Free Holes Word Search (Printable PDF + Answer Key)

Louis Sachar’s Holes sends STANLEY Yelnats (his surname is his first name spelled backwards) to CAMP GREEN LAKE, a dried-up lake in Texas where boys use SHOVELS to dig one hole a day. This free word search hides the people he meets: the WARDEN, MR SIR and Mr PENDANSKI, and the boys of D Tent, including X RAY, ARMPIT, SQUID, ZIGZAG and ZERO, who becomes his best friend.

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15hidden words
9+suggested age
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The final words tie the past to the present: the family CURSE from Stanley’s no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather, the outlaw KISSING KATE Barlow, Sam’s ONIONS and the deadly yellow-spotted LIZARDS. Use it for a character review before a test or a book club. The word list is medium and suits readers from about 9 up. The printable PDF has the answer key on page two. More in the books and literature word searches and the reading word searches.