1. This project and its actions were made possible due to co-financing by the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals Holes by Louis Sachar Card matching past and present events Subject(s):English Age group(s):12–14 Topic:English literature EAL Nexus resource Licence information | This resource is free to use for educational purposes. © British Council 2015 Source | This resource was originally developed by Charlotte Hurley and has been adapted by EAL Nexus.

2. Sam’s boat called Mary-Lou

3. Katherine Barlow’s spiced peaches

4. onions

5. Mary-Lou the donkey

6. Clyde Livingston’s sneakers

7. Kissin’ Kate’s gold lipstick tube

8. the lullaby

9. a yellow-spotted lizard

10. foot fungus

11. Stanley’s great- grandfather’s suitcase

12. The mountain top called God’s Thumb

13. The curse

14. to carry someone

15. the lake

16. digging holes

17. Kissin’ Kate Barlow put on red lipstick and then kissed the men she was about to kill.

18. Miss Katherine Barlow made jars of spiced peaches for the people who lived in the town of Green Lake.

19. Sam sold onions to the people in the town of Green Lake. Sam made ointments and medicines out of the onions. The onions cured illnesses and made people healthy.

20. Sam made onion water for the rattlesnake hunters. The onion water stopped the yellow-spotted lizards from biting the hunters when they were in the mountains.

21. Sam the onion man had a donkey called Mary-Lou.

22. Sam the onion man made a wooden boat. Sam used the boat to row across the lake to get the onions.

23. Zero stole a pair of Clyde Livingston’s sneakers.

24. Madame Zeroni taught Elya Yelnats to sing a lullaby. He sang the lullaby to the pig that he carried up the mountain.

25. Madame Zeroni put a curse on Elya Yelnats.

26. Elya Yelnats forgot his promise to carry Madame Zeroni up to the top of the mountain.

27. Trout Walker had smelly feet because he had foot fungus.

28. Stanley’s great- grandfather had his suitcase stolen by Kissin’ Kate Barlow.

29. Stanley’s great- grandfather survived in the desert by finding the mountain ‘God’s Thumb’.

30. There used to be a very large lake in the town of Green Lake one hundred years ago.

31. When she was a little girl, the Warden (Ms Walker) dug holes with her parents.

32. Stanley finds a gold lipstick tube in a hole that he is digging.

33. When Zero runs away from Camp Green Lake he survives on the old jars of peaches under the boat. He calls the peaches ‘sploosh’.

34. Stanley and Zero survive on the mountain by eating onions.

35. Because Stanley and Zero eat a lot of onions, the lizards don’t bite them.

36. Stanley and Zero find an upside- down boat called Mary-Lou.

37. Stanley and Zero shelter in the shade of an upside-down boat in the desert.

38. Stanley is sent to Camp Green Lake for stealing Clyde Livingston’s sneakers.

39. Stanley’s father sings a lullaby to Stanley called ‘If Only’.

40. Stanley is unlucky because of the curse on his family.

41. Stanley carries Zero to the top of the mountain.

42. Clyde Livingston has smelly feet because he has foot fungus.

43. Stanley and Zero find Stanley’s great- grandfather’s suitcase when they dig a hole.

44. Stanley and Zero survive in the desert by climbing to the top of a mountain that looks like a big thumb.

45. Camp Green Lake is in the middle of a large dried-up lake.

46. The boys at Camp Green Lake are made to dig holes.

47. Stanley’s father invents a cure for foot odour which smells like peaches. He calls it ‘Sploosh’.

48. Sam the onion man made a wooden boat. Sam used the boat to row across the lake to get the onions. Miss Katherine Barlow made jars of spiced peaches for the people who lived in the town of Green Lake. Sam sold onions to the people in the town of Green Lake. Sam made ointments and medicines out of the onions. The onions cured illnesses and made people healthy. Sam the onion man had a donkey called Mary-Lou. When Zero runs away from Camp Green Lake he survives on the old jars of peaches under the boat. He calls the peaches ‘sploosh’. Stanley and Zero shelter in the shade of an upside-down boat in the desert. Stanley and Zero survive on the mountain by eating onions. Stanley and Zero find an upside- down boat called Mary-Lou. Stanley’s father invents a cure for foot odour which smells like peaches. He calls it ‘Sploosh’. Sam’s boat called Mary-Lou Katherine Barlow’s spiced peaches onions Mary-Lou the donkey

49. Kissin’ Kate Barlow put on red lipstick and then kissed the men she was about to kill. Madame Zeroni taught Elya Yelnats to sing a lullaby. He sang the lullaby to the pig that he carried up the mountain. Sam made onion water for the rattlesnake hunters. The onion water stopped the yellow- spotted lizards from biting the hunters when they were in the mountains. Trout Walker had smelly feet because he had foot fungus. Stanley finds a gold lipstick tube in a hole that he is digging. Stanley’s father sings a lullaby to Stanley called ‘If Only’. Because Stanley and Zero eat a lot of onions, the lizards don’t bite them. Clyde Livingston has smelly feet because he has foot fungus. Kissin’ Kates’s gold lipstick tube the lullaby a yellow- spotted lizard foot fungus

50. Stanley’s great- grandfather survived in the desert by finding the mountain ‘God’s Thumb’. Stanley’s great- grandfather had his suitcase stolen by Kissin’ Kate Barlow. Zero stole a pair of Clyde Livingston’s sneakers. Madame Zeroni put a curse on Elya Yelnats. Stanley and Zero survive in the desert by climbing to the top of a mountain that looks like a big thumb. Stanley and Zero find Stanley’s great- grandfather’s suitcase when they dig a hole. Stanley is sent to Camp Green Lake for stealing Clyde Livingston’s sneakers. Stanley is unlucky because of the curse on his family. The mountain called God’s Thumb Stanley’s great- grandfather’s suitcase Clyde Livingston’s sneakers The curse

51. Elya Yelnats forgot his promise to carry Madame Zeroni up to the top of the mountain. There used to be a very large lake in the town of Green Lake one hundred years ago. When she was a little girl, the Warden (Ms Walker) dug holes with her parents. Stanley carries Zero to the top of the mountain. Camp Green Lake is in the middle of a large dried-up lake. The boys at Camp Green Lake are made to dig holes. to carry someone the lakedigging holes