Holes

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Summary: There were no hoes in this book....
Review: There were no holes in the book Holes by Louis Sachar. In this book a boy named Stanley Yelnats is sent to Camp Greenlake, a Juvenile Detention camp in the middle of Texas. There is only one catch; Camp Greenlake doesn't live up to it's picturesque name. Camp Greenlake is located in the middle of a dry barren stretch of land in Texas, where temperatures often reach over 100 F each day! There's no lake and nothing green except two trees that stand tall in front of the Warden's cabin. Camp isn't like camp there, it's more like a year from heck. Each day, each boy has to dig a hole. That sounds easy right? Well, it's not that simple... the hole must me 5 feet deep and 5 feet wide. The horrible warden says "If you take a boy and make him dig a hole everyday in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy."

Stanley and his fellow "campers", Zero, Barf-Bag, Armpit, Cave Man, Zig-Zag and the others think that there is another reason that they are digging the holes. Come to find out the Warden is making them dig and search the dry lake bed for the treasure of Kissing Kate Barlow, a woman who lived in Greenlake when there was still a lake. When her crush dies, Sachar shows the reader a different side of Kate. The book takes an amazing turn near the end of the story.

Louis Sachar does a wonderful job of telling the fictional life of a 14 year old boy and his journeys at Juvenile Detention Camp. I would give this book 4.5 stars because it was wonderfully written and the only thing I think Sachar could have added or changed is in the ending. I think he should have told the reader a little more about his later life then he did. This book definitely deserves the National Book Award it won and I would definitely recommend it to all of you.

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Summary: Fantastic Book for All Ages
Review: There's a curse haunting the Yelnats family. The curse has followed generations of Yelants, and now it's time to haunt Stanley Yelnats. Why he should suffer, when the curse started because of his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather, is beyond him. But he must. So Stanley is sent to a boys' detention center called Camp Green Lake, a place where there is no lake, like the name tries to make you believe, and where the residents spend all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. Stanley quickly realizes that this whole "digging holes" thing isn't really a character improvement activity, but actually a search for something that the warden of the camp wants desperately. Stanley and the other boys try to dig up the truth, but will their curiosity bring grave consequences to them all?

After seeing the movie I just had to read the book. I am absolutely amazed at how well that it's written. I couldn't even put it down. Sachar has created a strange, yet interesting and intriguing novel, filled with fun, curious characters, and strange twists and turns at every corner. Whether you are 8 or 80, you are sure to love this book. An absolute must-have.

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Summary: This is a book for fans of Jerry Spinelli or Gary Paulsen.
Review: There's action, good character development, and the sort of breathless, choppy prose that makes the story seem very real to middle schoolers. I thought immediately of Jerry Spinelli. Then, as I read to the climax of the tale, it seemed just as tense as any Gary Paulsen survival story. My nephew, only in fourth grade, loved it, and I loved it as I spent the morning reading it (I couldn't very well take his Christmas present with me when I left). I need it for my seventh and eighth grade students. They'll love it.

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Summary: A great book, desrving of the newbery award
Review: There's something about the books that win newbery awards; with a few exceptions, they are filled with complicated, interwoven plots, contain lessons to be learned, and provide a thoroughly enjoyable read. Only occassionally have I been dissapointed. When I started to read Holes, at first I though it would end up as a dissapointment because it starts off so slowly, but soon it became woven into a beautiful story about wrongdoing, punishment, and redemption. The writing has a humorous, flippant tone that would fail miserably with any other story, but goes perfectly the story in Holes, which requires what my vth grade English teacher called "willful suspention of disbelief. In a way it reminds me of the Twilight Zone. It's not realistic, but what it says is important for all of us.

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Summary: Robert Daniel, Bak Middle School of the Arts
Review: Think for a moment, what would it feel like to dig holes all day; each of the holes you dig must be five feet across and five feet deep; your shovel is your measuring instrument, and your doing all of this just to build "Character". Camp Green Lake is where you would be your current location, and this was the only source of water for miles. You are allowed to run, the counselors will not stop you, because they know you will come back in search for water.
Stanley Yelnats was an ordinary kid until one day after school; he was hit in the head by a pair of Clyde Livingston's baseball shoes. He was told by a judge he must go to either prison, or camp Green Lake. Stanley Had never been to a camp before. He thought it would be fun. He was wrong. Stanley and Zero have to go through many obstacles in order to reach what matters most.
Holes is a book written by Lois Sachar. This book is about loyalty, trust, and determination. The way this book displays loyalty, and trust is the way Zero stays with Stanley no matter what happens. And determination is shown in the way the boys dig the holes, even in the heat of the day.
I gave this book 5 stars because of the way Mr. Sachar gives a good plot that comes along with a lot of twists. What will happen next, unfortunately, I cannot tell you, "You will have to fill in the Holes."

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Summary: Tremendously entertaining read
Review: This "children's book" is awesome for both children and adults.

Laugh-out-loud hilarious, moving, surprisingly suspenseful, and thought-provoking. In many ways, it reminds me of vintage Charles Dickens. You will be cheering for the underdogs, really, really loathing the bad guys, and smiling at the ultimate resolution of the story, improbable though it may be.

I loved, loved, loved this book, and I bet you will, too!

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Summary: Holes by Louis Sachar
Review: This a great book about a boy who gets send into a bootcamp sort of thing. The police thought he had stolena mayor league baseball player's shoes . He gets send to camp where he meets new friends. He has to dig holesand if he ever finds anything that seems worth something he must show it to the worden. this boy goes through alot of trouble,he even runs awa;y from camp, and all the trouble he goes through he blaims it on his pig steeling grandparent. If you buy this book you won't regreated.

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Summary: Adults Like it Too
Review: This awesome novel is now being filmed, but you should have the pleasure of reading the story first. A multi-layered tale, engrossing and heartwarming, but never sappy. Take a break from adult reading and get into some very good YA fiction.

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Summary: Not just for children....
Review: This book about "juveniles" is decidedly "adult" and, in my opinion, ranks with John Knowles' A Separate Peace as another great story about some of the challenges faced by young men. Sachar's writing style is rhythmic and he adeptly tells two converging stories without tipping the reader off ahead of time as to where the paths will cross - a skill uncommon and absent with many modern writers. This book should be on every junior high school's reading list!

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Summary: Holes are being dug!
Review: This book as they call holes is suspenseful. It has flashbacks throughout the story.
This book is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats that was cursed by his NO-GOOD-DIRTY-ROTTEN-PIG-STEALING-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER!