Holes

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Summary: A great and wonderful book
Review: This book is wonderful I could read it over and over. Its like a new story every time. I'd recomend it to everyone.Its worth every bit of money.So, get it now!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Summary: Fifth Grade Teacher Speaks Out!
Review: This book is wonderful. I teach fifth grade so I read a ton of chlidren's books. Holes is a true gem!

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Summary: I felt so lucky I wasn't there.
Review: This book made me feel so horrible about the boys there. I feel so incredibly lucky that I wasn't there!

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Summary: Worthy of the Newberry Award
Review: This book made my hands keep on to the cover. I couldn't put it down. This is better than the Harry Potter Books and should be read by all. It is suspensful and nerve-wraking. It was full of adventure. Read this book.

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Summary: A story of redemption
Review: This book marks the first time my oldest daughter (9) recommended a book to me. I loved it. It's magical realism for kids. A story of the consequences of a careless act and an evil act long ago. The careless act marks a family for generations, and the evil act destroys a town. Stanley Yelnats finds the courage and the heart to redeem them both. Another aspect of the book that deserves mention is the plotting, which is as clever and effective as anything this side of Pulp Fiction.

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Summary: 5*5 Cheesesteak on the run.
Review: This book may seem horrible by the cover. But don't be fooled!!! This is'nt a bad book. Let me give you the inside scoop. This bookisabout a boy named Stanley Yelnats his name is spelled the same forwards as it is backwards. that is called a palendrome. Ex: racecar. Stanley is a kid that just came out of 6th grade. He was walking from School on the last day of school. Apair of shoes from his favorate baseball player fell out of the sky. Thishappened because he was standing under a highway. He got arrested for that. The rest of the story is a secret!

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Summary: Hole-y cow, what a great book!
Review: This book pulled me in the moment I picked it up, and wouldn't let me put it down until I had finished!
Holes by Louis Sachar is a surprising journey with the poor underdog Stanley Yelnats, who has been falsely convicted of a petty crime (it was just a wrong-place-at-the-wrong-time situation, which was brought on by a terrible curse that was put on him by his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather.) Stanley is sent to a juvenile detention facility called "Camp Greenlake" (a harsh desert in Texas, with no lake, and certainly no green.) While there, Stanley makes some interesting friends, finds some sinister enemies, and discovers that the holes that the boys are forced to dig every day are not just to build character, but that they're looking for something!
I loved following along with Stanley, trying to untangle the Camp Greenlake mystery, cheering him on as he embarks on a heroic journey to save his new friend Zero, and trying to discover how it all connects to a historic sub-plot involving his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather, the infamous Kissin' Kate Barlow, and God's Thumb!
Louis Sachar's amazing understatement of environment and situation creates a humorous undertone to this gripping tale, and gives a friendlier feel to a situation that could potentially be very depressing. The absurd humor created in this ironic tale is just the sort of thing today's young readers crave, and for good reason (it kept me glued to the pages!) The story of Stanley Yelnats brings out the underdog in all of us, and helps us to triumph along with him. I strongly recommend this book to children and adults alike!

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Summary: An Amazing and Wonderful Novel
Review: This book ranks among the best our family has ever read. It isfull of truth, beauty, wit, and joy; those wonders are framed by justenough menace and malice to make them stand out. I have added it to my list of essential works of children's literature, alongside Nesbit, MacDonald, and Eager (although Holes has much more of an edge)

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Summary: A pleasant and compelling holiday read
Review: This book reads very fast, even for someone who doesn't read a lot of novels. The story is not overly complicated, but it has a nice and smooth way of combining the present actions with historical flashbacks. Allthough the outcome is very satisfying, I will especially remember the pleasant read to get there.
Maybe it won't be a classic, but if I ever meet the writer, I'd definately buy him a drink for the time I've spent at his Lake...

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Summary: The book full with mysteries is HOLES
Review: This book really needs a thinking skill to read, because it gives us mysteries to solve. When I read books, I use to list the characters and write down person's characteristics. By doing this I can make a hypotheseis what is going to happen next. In this book, there is a time changing and other stuffs happening so there is no way to figure what's going to happen, but read.