Rating:  Summary: A delight Review: Stanley Yelnats is a fat teenage boy who is teased constantly about the facrt that he is heavy. Unfortunately for him he is accused of stealing some shoes, which he believes is the bad luck caused by his great-great grandfather. At his trial the judge says that he either can go to a detention camp or jail. Stanley, not wanting to go to jail, goes to the camp where he and other boys dig holes all day in the hot desert sun. While there he befriends the boys who bunk with him and has dislike for the camp counselors and warden. I like that this book has a lot of adventure in it. From Stanley's travels through the desert and too close for comfort encounters with poisonous yellow-spotted lizards it really is an excellent read if one likes this type of book. I also like the way the author combines Stanley's story as well as the story about Stanley's "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather."The purpose I think the author wanted to show is that a person could have bad luck in everything yet eventually something good will come out of all the bad. The adventures that Stanley goes on and the combination of his story as well as the story of his great-great-grandfather in this book make this book delightful to read.
Rating:  Summary: A wonderful unique story! Review: Stanley Yelnats is a poor overweight boy who's under a curse because of his no good dirty rotten pig stealing great great grandfather.For generations his family has always ended up being at the wrong place at the wrong time. now because of this curse he has been charged with stealing a baseball player's shoes(don't you dare laugh cause you'll know what i mean when you read it)So stanley is sent to a boys detention center called camp green lake.At Camp Green lake boys are supposed to dig a hole that is exactly five feet wide all around and five feet deep in the sweltering sun which is supposed to build character. but soon realizes that the warden is looking for something and that one of the boys named Zero is connected with stanley's past.This book is an original story filled with advenventure humor,crime, punishment, and even a little bit of history.
Rating:  Summary: A day of Digging Review: Stanley Yelnats is a teenager accused of stealing baseball legend Clyde Livingston's sneakers. He had a choice to either go to Camp Green Lake or go to jail. He picked the camp. When he got to Camp Green Lake, he realized it was nothing what he pictured. There's no lake: it's a desert! Stanley realizes this is his worst nightmare. The next day he is introduced to his job, digging a hole. Every day each child has to dig a hole 5ft deep and 5ft wide. While Stanley was digging on of his holes, he found a tube with KB engraved on the bottom. After that, they had to dig for days, looking for the rest of the treasure that went with the tube. There is a major problem while digging for the treasure. You will have to read on to find out what happens. I would recommend this book to anyone. I think boys and girls of all ages would enjoy it. "Holes" is one of those books that you have to force yourself to put down. There is a great plot and good details. It also ties in other little stories relevant to the main one to make the book more interesting. As I said before, I know many people who have enjoyed this book and I am very glad that I got to be one of those people.
Rating:  Summary: Great Book Review For Holes By Steven Bryson Review: Stanley Yelnats is a teenager who was wrongly accused of stealing, he was sent to a camp insted of jail, THIS WAS NO CAMP! this was Stanley's worst nightmare. every day they had to dig one whole in an old dried up lake bed, five feet deep and 5 feet around. Stanley and his friend Zero can't take it anymore, so they make a run for it (forgetting that they were in the middle of nowhere with no water or food. They struggle to stay alive and by luck and a lot of onions they made it back to camp.
Rating:  Summary: Holes Review: Stanley Yelnats is a trouble maker. He thinks it is all of his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great grandfather's fault for him getting in trouble. Stanley has been sent to a camp for trouble making boys called Camp Green Lake. There isn't a lake at Camp Green Lake, but the boys dig holes in the hot weather five feet deep by five feet wide day after day. If they didn't finish their hole during the day then they had to finish it at night. Stanley realizes there is more than just digging holes; he thinks the warden is looking for something, "But what?"
Rating:  Summary: A MUST-READ BOOK Review: Stanley Yelnats is a very unlucky boy. He gets caught with some shoes he did not even steal. He gets a choice of either going to jail or camp Green Lake. he has never been to camp Green lake before, so he desides to go there, but when he gets there he thinks he has made the wrong desision. I thought this was a very good book because you never knew what was going to happen next. It was interesting how Stanley got out of all of the problems he faced. My favorite part in the book was when Stanley ran away from Camp Green Lake, but the best part was the ending, but you will have to read the book to find out what happens, because I am not going to tell you.
Rating:  Summary: You are entering Camp green lake: Review: Stanley Yelnats Is accused of stealing a Famous base-ball players shoes and is sent to Camp green lake. There is no lake, it dried up over 100 years ago. Stanley's family is not a very lucky one and when anything happens to them they blame hi no-good-dirty rotten-pig stealing great great grand father who stole a pig from a gypsy women. I recomend this book for all ages.
Rating:  Summary: Most unsual but compelling story plots I've ever read Review: Stanley Yelnats is always at the wrong place at the wrong time. His family has a streak of bad luck because of his great great grandfather. He chose to go to Camp Green Lake instead of jail (as any kid would), but comes to find out that there is no lake and there is nothing green for miles. Every single day he has to dig a hole 5 feet deep and 5 feet in diameter on the burnt, rough, desert sand. Stanley tries to make friends with the other kids there but its just as tough as digging holes. But the kids start to realize that not only are they digging holes to build character, but also to maybe locate something for their headmaster. This book has a very odd plot to it but is so hard to put down.
Rating:  Summary: Surprising FairyTale Review: Stanley Yelnats is an extremely likable character besides the fact that he is overweight and really didn't have any friends at his middle school. He is wrongfully accused for a crime and sentenced to serve time at Camp Green Lake, a reform place for boys. At Camp Green Lake the boys have to dig holes all day in the hot desert sun. This is part of their punishment and transformation into a productive citizen fit for society. I was surprised that this book was actually a fairy tale because so much of it seemed like a realistic fiction at the beginning. The story intertwines with the story of Stanley's great-great-grandfather who gets involved with an Egyptian magic woman. She helps him to win the hand in marriage of the woman he is in love with if he follows certain steps. It is the following of these steps that leads Stanley's great-great-grandfather and all of his descendants into trouble. The two parts of the story come together when things get a bit strange near the end of the book and the connection between the parallel stories is made. Stanley's relationships with his other tent mates are interesting ones. The boys all give each other nicknames and have their own pecking order within the group. Stanley, soon nicknamed Caveman, begins as the last man on the totem pole and eventually moves up in the ranking when he wins favor with the leader, X-ray. The story of the warden is an interesting one that finally sheds light on the reason for the digging of the holes near the end of the story. During the book, Stanley makes friends with Zero, another one of his tent mates. He also begins to teach Zero how to read and write. It is through this friendship that Stanley travels away from Camp Green Lake and finally back home. The route he takes to get there is most surprising and adds more fairy-tale elements to the story.
Rating:  Summary: Lets dig because were BAD Review: Stanley Yelnats is boy acused of steeling shoes from a famus baseball player. It is his because of his NO-GOOD-DIRTY-ROTTEN-PIG-STEELING-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER. So he goes to camp green lake. He digs holes 5ft deep and 5ft wide. Well, something goes wrong read the book and find out... Have fun and read the book!!!
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