Rating: 
Summary: Classy, inventive, youth fiction. Good stuff!
Review: Louis Sachar has obviously studied at the feet of writers like Roald Dahl and the German Grimm brothers, and has obviously learned his lessons well. With the narrative bouncing around between multiple time periods, Sachar manages to unfold a tale that's alternatingly funny, dark, sweet, and dangerous. This is the kind of book to read with your kids--so they don't miss anything, and so they can work through some of the scarier portions. I appreciate a story that deals so eloquently with the arid hearts of the racially prejudiced without soapboxing. Stanley is a fine everyboy whose courage ends up suiting him well. Perhaps my only (slim) complaint is the jumps in tone. Some portions play off as goofy that the transition back into the hard, hot land of Camp Green Lake is shocking. Or perhaps that's the point--you can't always remain in the fairy tale, even in a fairy tale. Highly recommended.
Rating:
Summary: excellent job done of weaving all the interrelated stories t
Review: Louis Sachar has written a wonderful book that appeals to young people from the 3rd grade through the 8th grade level. The suspense builds and actually keeps nonreaders reading until they finish this book! I'm reading it aloud to my 6th - 8th graders, and it's calmed the savage beasts. He needs to do a grammer check on certain sections, though.
Rating: 
Summary: Well crafted book that hooks young and old reader alike
Review: Louis Sachar has written an excellent story about Stanley Yelnats, an overweight, picked on 12-year-old with a family curse. His great-great-grandfather accidently got a curse placed upon him by a Madame Zeroni. Since that time, what can best be described as "bad luck" has plagued the Yelnats family. Stanley lives up to the family curse as he is arrested for stealing a pair of shoes belonging to a superstar athelete that was being auctioned off to support a charity. The judge doesn't like the idea that someone would steal from a charity, so he throws the book at Stanley: 18 months of hard labor at Camp Green Lake. Now, while Camp Green Lake may sound like a happy, fun-filled place, it's actually one of the hottest, dryest deserts in the world--it hasn't rained there in 110 years. Forced to dig a five foot deep hole with a five foot diameter every day in the hot sun, Stanley slowly realizes that holes are being dug for a reason other than to "build character." This book is fast paced and really hooks the reader, especially the young reader. It is well written, shifting between humor and drama (my class laughed out loud more than a couple times). Sachar also shifts between past and present, at first confusing the young reader, until Sachar includes and event to connect the two seemingly unrelated stories (again, a chorus of "Oooooooh"s from my class as they realize what "sploosh" really is and as they realize the connection between Madame Zeroni and Zero). This really is an excellent book and I highly recommend it to any reader, no matter his or her age.
Rating:
Summary: A great novel
Review: Louis Sachar is a genius! The way he wrote Holes was extremely clever. You could almost beleive the story was true. All that's left to say is that I hope there is no one with Stanely's bad luck out there! I would recomend this book to everybody over the age of 10.
Rating:
Summary: This book is the best book
Review: Louis Sachar is a great author. If you dont have it go to the library or someplace and buy it. You will really enjoy it. I know i did.
Rating:
Summary: What a book!
Review: Louis Sachar is an amazing author (although you'd never guess it from his Wayside School books), and in this book he surpasses almost anything else I have ever read. With solid characters, an intricate plot(although you don't know until the end), and great writing, this is the book I would suggest first to anybody.
Rating:
Summary: A wonderful story, much different than "Wayside School"!
Review: Louis Sachar is best known for his extremely funny wayside school books. But now he has written a part-funny part-sad story called "Holes". I heard of it when it won the Newbery Medal, and I soon bought a copy. It has a cool story to it, and it keeps getting better the more and more you read it. Great overall!
Rating:
Summary: One Of The Best Books Ever
Review: Louis Sachar is known for books such as WAYSIDE SCHOOL series, THERE'S A BOY IN THE GIRLS BATHROOM, and the MARVIN REDPOST series. His most fine book is HOLES, an excellent novel, with humor, irony, excitement, and fate. The book is a winner of the prestigous Newbery Medal, and it is well deserved. This is perhaps my favorite children's book. It weaves so many morals into 240 pages including friendship, fate, destiny, hardships, and bravery. The book starts with Stanley Yelnats, an overweight kid who was sentenced to a correctional facility Camp Green Lake for a crime he did not commit. Camp Green Lake is run by the Warden, who is a REAL mean woman. He meets grumpy Mr.Sir and Mr.Sir assigns Stanely to Group D run by friendly Mr.Pendanski. He meets fellow juvenilles who go by nicknames: X-Ray, Armpit, Zigzag, Squid, Magnet, and Zero. Stanley must dig a hole everday 5 feet deep and 5 feet wide. Camp Green Lake is located on a dried up lake in the middle of the desert that reaches scorching temperatures. While the heat and labor take on Stanley, it becomes apparent that the Warden is making them dig to find something. Throughout this mystery, Stanley makes friends, gets in adventures, and it is ultimetly a tale of a boy finding himself. It is one of the best novels, and is a certain good read. I reccomend it to everyone over age 10 who want to read a good book. This book would be a good book for an assignment as most kids will be delighted by this book. Altogether an excellent book, and great for all ages
Rating:
Summary: Loved it!!!
Review: Louis Sachar never fails to please readers!!! I fell down laughing reading his past books ('There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom!' and 'Sideways Stories from Wayside School'). 'Holes' has proven this author hasn't lost his talent! I'm 14 years old and I think it's one of the best books I've read in years! I recommend it to anyone, ages 10-15. Enjoy!
Rating:
Summary: Sachar never let's me down, his books are always good!
Review: Louis Sachar never let's me down, his books are always good. I have read almost all the books he has written and I loved them all. I like how in Holes he made everything like a puzzle and left you to figure it out. Usually everything links together at the end, but Sachar never told the reader how the puzzle links together he left you to figure it out! But he gave the reader clues to the solution! I think everyone should read this book. Like I said Sachar never let's me down!
| 
