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Summary: Holes book Review
Review: Holes By Louis Sachar "There's no lake at Camp Green Lake. There once was a very large lake here, the largest in Texas. That was over a hundred years ago. Now it is just a dry, flat wasteland. There used to be a town of Green Lake as well. The town shriveled and dried up along with the lake, and the people who lived there." After I read this first paragraph I thought it sounded good that I actually wanted to read it. When I did I couldn't put it down until I finished it. Holes by Louis Sacher is about a boy named Stanley Yelnates who is sent to Camp Green Lake for stealing a famous baseball players old shoes. He's clamed that he was innocent and that it's his no-good-dirty-rotten-great-great-grandfather fault for placing the cures on the family. Since he always being made fun of for his large size he thinks Camp Green Lake will be a great place to make new friends who don't know about his past. Will he be able to brake the cures? And will he ever make it out of Camp Green Lake? Alive? If you want to know you'll have to read Holes.
Ever since I first read this book about 4 years ago I've reread it about 8 more times! I liked this book right from the start because it wasn't one of those books where the beginning isn't really slow and boring but starts out with lot's of action. I also enjoyed the cliffhangers at the end of most chapters which left you to wonder 'what will happen next" and the flashbacks to the past which give you a better understanding of how everything got started. Plus the details and descriptions of Camp Green Lake and what the charters looked like where fabulous.
Since this book has more than one genre I recommend it to anyone who enjoys any of the following genres; adventure, mystery, fantasy. Because the reading level is really easy so all ages could enjoy Holes. This book is also for people who enjoy reading books with parts that leave you to wonder "what will happen next" then you should really take a look at this book. Clearly Holes is a well rounded book that has a little of what everyone would like and should be read and reread by everyone.
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Summary: Holes and Literary Merit
Review: Holes by Louis Sachar This book is a prime example of a book with Literary Merit. There are numerous aspects of the book which make it a book that is hard to put down. The characters in this book are unique and believable. The main characters in the book are adolescent boys. Their behavior is very similar to that of adolescent boys in the real world. The fact that all the boys had unique nicknames is also a correlation of real boys. Names like Zero, Armpit, X-Ray, and Magnet grab the readers' attention. Stanley was also falsely accused of theft, which sadly many of our youth has experienced. Another aspect is that the author develops theme and has an interesting point of view. A strong theme in the story is the Yelnats' family curse. This curse is a huge part of the story, the reader finds out why in the end. The character Stanley Yelnats' point of view in the story is funny, sad, and emotional. The way he got to Green Lake itself is rather hysterical. "I was walking home and the sneakers fell from the sky," 'he had told the judge.' "One hit me on the head." 'It had hurt too.' This is the curse of the Yelnats family. It is all due to Stanley's "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather." The author develops this curse in to a blessing at the end of the book.
All good books have a subtle major dramatic question. This book's question is "Why are the boys really digging holes?" This leads to another aspect, the pacing and style were appropriate to the content. Louis Sachar uses flashback quite often in this book. Not only to tell the story of Stanley Yelnats but also his great-great-grandfather and Kissing Kate. Another aspect is that the author uses understatement. At the end of the book the author writes to the reader "This is pretty much the end of the story. The reader probably still has some questions, but unfortunately, from here on in, the answers tend to be long and tedious."
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! As a future educator I would like to add a few comments on the audience and how a teacher might use this book in the classroom. The audience for this book could be fourth to sixth grade. Although I am a female and enjoyed this book, I think boys would love to read this book. The whole book is about a group of boys who have a friendship with one another. Adolescent boys, as I said earlier, can relate to the characters in the story.
I would use this book in my classroom as a read aloud. This book would be excellent for predicting and guessing. If a teacher would like to integrate this book, one way would be to read this book while discussing different environments. Holes states exceptional setting characteristics. Whether it is the temperature, or the animals, Louis Sachar really depicts the desert climate with excellent detail!
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Summary: Digging for the Truth
Review: Holes by Louis Sachar Holes is a book about a boy named Stanley who is sent to a juvenile detention called Canp Green Lake. Stanley is accused of stealing a pair of shoes. At the camp, the boys have to dig a hole that is, 5ft deep and 5ft wide.The boys are told they are digging the hole to learn their lesson, but there is really something else going on. the warden and the guards have something to do with it.This story is an adventure and a mystery.It teaches many lessons such as; don't blame others for your mistakes. I liked this book because it was an adventure and you'll want to keep reading to see what will happen next. I recommend this book to kids because it can teach you a good lesson about taking blame for your own actions.
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Summary: Holes is about a young boy accused of stealing.
Review: HOLES by Louis Sacher " Why did my great grandfather steal that stupid old pig?," thought Stanley as he dug his first hole. Stanley knew that his family was cursed with bad luck, and that bad luck made him wind up at Camp Green Lake. There young delinquent boys dig holes to build character. As he gets to know the camp he meets new friends, like X-ray, Magnet, Armpit, and Zero. He also meets Mr. Pendenski and Mr. Sir. When he finds a gold tube, he begins to suspect that they were doing more than building character. Than Stanley's friend Zero couldn't stand digging holes anymore, and he runs away into the desert. " Do any of you boys want to run away too?, I want Zero's files erased, so he was never here!," explained the warden. Stanley had to go find Zero before it's too late! Holes by Louis Sacher is one of the best books I ever read. The setting and the characters were described so well that I actually thought I was there.The only part I didn't like was the ending.The ending wasn't as well written as the rest of the story, but I don't think it ruined the story at all. I really liked this book and I would reccomend it to 5th graders to adult.
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Summary: Digging For Answers
Review: Holes by Louis Sacher is a book about a boy named Stanley who is sent to Camp Green Lake a juvenile detention camp. Stanley is accused of stealing shoes. At the camp, the boys have to dig holes 5ft deep and 5ft wide. The boys are told that they are digging to learn their lesson but there is someting else going on. The warden and the guards have something to with it. This story is an adventure and mystery it teaches many lessons such as; dont blame others for your mistakes. I would recommend anyone to read the book Holes. This is one of the best books ever. I liked this book because it makes you think what is going to happen next.
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Summary: Wow!
Review: Holes by Louis Sacher is a fantastic book that people who like adventure, creativity and use their imagination a lot would love. Stanley Yelnats is cursed by his no good, rotten, dirty, pig stealing, great, great grandfather. He's sent to Camp Green Lake, a Camp for juvenile delinquents. Something peculiar is going on and he's going to find out. Meet Zero, and read this fascinating tale of mystery, action, and adventure. - (...)
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Summary: Holes by Louis Sacher
Review: Holes by Louis Sacher is a wonderful book about a teenager growing up with the family curse that every male in his family will have bad luck. And this is all because of his great-great grandfather stealing a pig.
While his father is trying to invent something to bring in some money for the family, Stanley Yelnats is trying to get by with his bad luck. While walking under a bridge one day, a pair of shoes just falls out of nowhere. Little does Stanley know, but the shoes are stolen shoes. Once caught by the police, Stanley is sent to a Boys Correctional Center in the middle of a desert wasteland. Everyday the boys must dig holes 3 feet wide and 3 feet deep in the blistering heat. I specifically like the struggle of digging the first hole. Stanley and his new found friends go through many different adventures that you will experience through Stanley's perspective. You'll never want to put down this page-turning adventure. Intended Audience Age 10-14
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Summary: Holes
Review: Holes by Louis Sacher is realistic fiction. It is about a boy whose family is cursed. Not his whole family but the men and the boys. All because an old ancester promised an old lady he would carry her up the mountain to drink from the spring, but he didn't and the old lady put a curse on every man in Stanley's family. The best part of the book was when Zero ran away and then stole the water truck to go find him but he ran it into a hole that they had dug. He had to get out and run away. I beleve if I can read a book and get into it then somebody else should be able to enjoy it too. By the second or third page, I was so into it that I didn't want to put it down.
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Summary: this is my school home work
Review: Holes by: Louis Sachar genre: fiction This is a camp for bad kids. In fact the camp is a juvenile facility name Camp Green Lake. Stanley Yelnats a boy who were framed got sent to the camp make him into a good boy. In the camp the councilors believe that digging a hole a day in the dried up lake (once a big lake) could make a bad boy into a good one. The hole they had to dig was 5 foot wide and 5 foot deep. There is a reason to that is because the no good Warden knows that there are treasure buried in the lake and using kids as labor. There is also a story to Stanley's misfortune, is great great grandfather stole a pig from a witch and got a curse. Stanley is a boy in a poor family and got framed for stealing a pair of shoes. Zero a boy that doesn't know how to read and he had been in the camp for a long time. Over all of this book is very excieting and the interest level for the viewers are all ages. review by hubert hsu
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Summary: Holes "Must Read"
Review: Holes by: Louis Sachar is ideally for the young adult age group but I would recommend everyone to read it. I think it's a must read. It's an enjoyable book about a boy named Stanley Yelnats who is sent to a Detention Facility Camp Green Lake located in a dried up desert in Texas with little water around. He is there because he was accused of stealing shoes from a homeless shelter. Camp is to help him and the other campers spend time digging holes for work and building character in the process. But Stanley doesn't have very good luck at camp. His luck relates back to his 'no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather!' and the luck he had, they were just always in the wrong place at the wrong time. This is a well-written book by a great author that makes it fun to read his work. Reading this book makes you want to read more to find out what happens in the story. It's a fast young adult book that is a must read. If you haven't seen the movie I would recommend reading the book first then see the movie and compare the two. The overall impression I had on this book was real high it is a book that interested me and kept me entertain and it was boring like some books I have read. Holes was awesome if I would of rated it on a scale 1 to 5, 5 being the best I would give it a 5 because it was a great book with good detail and explaining things in a fun way. I think after reading this book I want to read more by Louis Sachar because he writes great books.
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