Holes

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Summary: Dig it!
Review: The title of the book I read is Holes. The author is Louis Sachar. The problem is that a pair of shoes fell out of the sky and hit Stanley Yelnats right on the head. Then the police came and sent him to court. After, he had to go to Camp Green Lake and dig holes. Stanley had to stay there for 18 months. I would recommend this book to a friend who likes adventurous stories. I would rate this book five stars.

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Summary: A Review of Louis Sachar's Holes
Review: The title of the book is Holes, by Louis Sachar. The book was published in 1998 and is 233 pages long. Holes received a John Newberry Medal, was the winner of the National Book Award, was a Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book, and was voted a New York Times Best Book of the Year, and is recognized as one of Sachar's best pieces of writing. The story is both of a mystery and humorous genre. Holes is one of those books that you can read in one night because you do not want to put it down. The story begins with our main character Stanley Yelnats, whose last name for those of you who were wondering is his first name spelt backwards. Stanley is a young boy who is plagued by a family curse, which was brought on to the family by his grandfather. Stanley's misfortunes have landed him at Camp Green Lake, which does not turn out to be a camp at all; it is more of a juvenile correctional facility. Although he was wrongly convicted of his crime and was innocent he was sentenced to a year and a half at camp Green Lake, where the motto is "If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy." Stanley was placed into a dry, hot wasteland and told to dig a hole that was five feet in depth and five feet in diameter. Stanley also meets a boy named Zero after his first week there. Zero and Stanley become best friends and forms a special bond with Zero. Stanley also teaches Zero how to read and do things that he may have never learned if he and Stanley had never been acquainted. It is not long before Stanley realizes that he and his fellow "juveniles" are not digging the holes just for pure punishment, but to find and uncover a lost treasure from the famous outlaw, Kissin Kate Barlow, who turned out to be the very same outlaw that robbed Stanley's grandfather. As the story progresses we begin to see more and more connections between the Yelnats family and Camp Green Lake. As we read further, a second story begins to progress about Stanley's great-great grandfather and the curse that was laid upon him by Madame Zeroni. Then a third story begins to evolve which is of Kissin Kate Barlow and her husband Sam, who was an onion man his whole life. All three of these stories begin to fit together like a puzzle almost, and we begin to see that all of these characters have been drawn together due to fate, as well as with what happens to them. Fate seems to play a big role in each one of the characters lives. The Yelnats family believes that they had been plagues with bad luck for generations, believing that there was a curse put on Stanley's great-great grandfather by a gypsy more then a hundred years ago. But as the story begins to unfold we learn that this curse, may not have been such a bad curse, because it seems to have touched the lives of many characters. It seems as though everyone is linked to one another for a reason all having to due with the curse. No one wanted to believe that such a curse existed, but after seeing all that unfolded they had no choice to believe it unless they were in denial. The curse that plagued was brought on to Stanley's grandfather, because he did not carry Madame Zeroni up the mountainside as he had promised. The plague that has cursed the family is all due to a gypsy not being carried up a mountain, but it seems that maybe Stanley's grandfather may have known a little more then the gypsy because he did not carry her up the mountain, she then put a curse on the family, which then allowed all of the characters to come together and Stanley was able to learn about his past. I believe that this story was written because something like this may have happened to Sachar on a smaller scale though. There may have been a curse that may have plagued his family in the same way that Stanley's family was plagued. Holes is also one of those books that you can sort of visualize what is going on as you are reading. There is great detail used and there are parts that allow you to relate to what is written. For example the very last sentences of the story are lines from a poem that the women's mother used to recite to her every night before she went to sleep. "If only, if only, the moon speaks no reply; Reflecting the sun and all that's gone by. Be strong my weary wolf, turn around boldly. Fly high, my baby bird, My angel, my only." (233)

I personally was able to relate top this because my mother and father would always read me the same bedtime story before I went to sleep, which is on the same level as the poem that was recited to the women when she was younger. Each character seemed to hold to hold a very important role in the novel and making it all click. There were no characters in the story that did not belong. Each character was well thought out and played a role that was needed, and was importance to the story. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a story with a serious and humorous approach to a story of crime and punishment

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Summary: Holes is tuly one of kind!
Review: The title of this book is Holes, was written by Louis Sachar, and I give it a FIVE STAR rating. The book's plot is about the main character, Stanley Yelnats, and his life at a juvenile camp for boys.
Stanley Yelnats was not what you would call a popular boy. In fact, he was quite unpopular and unlucky. All males in the Yelnats clan had been put under a curse by Madam Zeroni, and the curse definitely came into play throughout the whole story. Stanley was accused of stealing a pair of very important tennis shoes, and was sent to Camp Green Lake (a camp for juvenile delinquents). Upon arrival, Stanley learns that every day he must get up at 4 A.M. and go out into the desert surrounding Camp Green Lake and dig a five foot hole. The hole had to be five feet in depth and width. One day while out digging, Stanley found what he thought was a bullet shell with the initials "KB" on it, and he reported it to the Warden. During this whole process, Stanley (who the boys called the Caveman) made friends with a boy named Zero and taught him to read. Zero tried to escape and ran away, so Stanley ran away to try and find him before he died of dehydration. Both boys decided that they could not go back to Camp Green Lake, so they went to the mountains.
Both boys found out that the hole that Stanley had found the bullet shell in contained a whole suitcase full of treasire stolen many years ago, so they sneaked back to Camp Green Lake to try and find it. However, the Warden found them as they were climbing out of the hole and claimed that the treasure was hers. However, Stanley's lawyer came to the rescue, and got both boys out of Camp green Lake. The lawyer also managed to get the supervisors at Camp Green Lake arrested for unlawful practices at the camp.
Other books I recommend include Roses Are Red, Jurassic Park, The Client, and Kiss the Girls.

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Summary: Holes
Review: The title of this book is holes. The author is Louis Sachar. It is a adventure fiction book. This book is about a boy named Stanley who is framed for stealing. Although Stanley gets sent away to camp he gets a very good friend named Zero. They are in a desert and Stanley has to dig holes while there. He digs and finds part of a treasure. Not knowing what it is he gives it away. I really liked this book. I would reccommend this to anyone who likes adventure.

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Summary: Come dig some holes with Stanely!
Review: The Warden is looking for somethng alright! Stanely is under the curse. Who gave him the curse? His No-Good-Pig-Stealing-Great-Great-Grandfather! This book is fantasic!!!! When Stanely is charge with theft he has to go to Camp Green Lake. This is no Girl Scouts! This is a charater improvment facltiy! In Texas there used to be a lake called Green Lake. One day it dried up complety and no water could be found. From a peaceful pinic place to a charater improvment facilty there has always been somthing weird going on at Green Lake. Louis Sachar has outdone himself. This book is great! It is the 2nd one on my favorite book list! The 1st is Harry Potter. I think the next book I will read is "There is a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom!" by Louis Sachar too. This is great! Everyone in my class liked it! I was the only one that had not read it, so a gave it a try...and it was great! Worth all the money!!!!!!!!

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Summary: Part mystery, part comedy¿thoroughly fascinating.
Review: The way Stanley Yelnats figures it, he's a magnet for bad luck. His whole family is. It's the fault of his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather. But that's another story.

Stanley's latest bout of bad luck-being falsely accused of stealing his schools star basketball players used sneakers-has landed him at the misnamed Camp Green Lake-which isn't a camp and has no lake. Camp Green lake is a juvenile detention center for boys whose "warden" has an unusual scheme for teaching her wards character-they dig 5 foot by five foot by five foot holes in the desert every day. Stanley and his mates in D tent--Zero, X-Ray, Armpit, Squid, Magnet, and Zigzag-figure there's more to this digging than "character building"-why else would the warden be interested in being notified if "anything interesting" gets dug up?

Louis Sachar's Holes is part mystery, part comedy-and thoroughly fascinating. Peopled with wonderful characters-especially the D Tent crew-this is a funny and suspenseful novel that captures the imagination with riveting prose and action packed, occasionally frightening, adventure sequences. It's suspenseful enough that it might be a bit too intense for some younger readers in the recommended reading range.

The book was the winner of the 1999 Newbery Medal, the 1998 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, and the Boston Globe Horn Book Award.

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Summary: O.K. not the best
Review: the wayside school series was way better. I suggest the wayside school series instead of holes

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Summary: HOLES is the coolest book in the world !
Review: The whole book is like a huge puzzle,waiting for you to solve. It gives you information and clues to help you. When I read it I felt like I was in the story, It seemed so real- I could picture it. I recommend it to anyone with a sense of humour! HOLES is a book not to be missed!

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Summary: Hole review
Review: thear was a great grandfather who made the family have a curse for not taking the pig up the hill. syanley haD TO GO TO camp greeen lake because he was acused for stealing shoes and he metsome friends and one of them was zero. He RAN AWAY Once and stanley went to find him and he found him under a ship. So he went back to camp green lake and they got realaesed and the curse was broken.

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Summary: holes the ok story
Review: There actaully wasn't a lake there but a 100 years ago there was. see a guy named stanley yelnats was acused of stealing shoes. so he has to go to camp green lake. at camp green lake stanley meets a guy they call zero. everyone thought he was stupid and the only thing he was good at was digging holes. stanley starts teaching zero to read. one day zero got tired of people calling him stupid so he hit mr.pendanski ( a councler) in the face w/ a shovel. then he ran off. stanley started to wonder wether or not he should go look for zero. well finally one day when mr.sir (a nother councler sort of.) he hopped in to the truck and started to drive it. but went right into a hole. stanley took off and then finally found zero sick looking. stanley carried zero up the mountain and found onions and water. stanley tried to wake zero up by splashing water on his face. When zero woke up he felt sick because of the sploosh the he drank. So stanley gave him onoins. To find out what happens read the book! *\o/*