Holes

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Summary: Once you start reading, you won't put it down!
Review: Holes is the best book I've read. If you want to enjoy a great book, get it today. Stanley Yelnats is a poor boy who is guilty of stealing Clyde Livingston's shoes. He either has to choose to go to jail, or Camp Green Lake. From the first chapter, you know it's a great book.

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Summary: THE Amazing Holes
Review: Holes is the best book in the world. You should read it. It is so good I cound not sope reading it.

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Summary: Mikes best book
Review: Holes is the best book that I have ever read. It is about Stanley Yelnats who got in a bad situation. He is sent to Camp Green Lake where he has to dig a hole every day. He becomes friends with the other kids in his cabin and they give him the nickname "Caveman".He does some bad things and when his good friend Zero runs away he decides he is going to run away to find Zero. He finds Zero and they go on an adventure to survive in the intense heat at Camp Green Lake.

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Summary: HOLES: The Best Book
Review: Holes is the best book you'll ever read. Because it has a prize on it. It's so good that you wont be able to put it down.Because it's really, really good. Do what ever you can to get it.It's good because it's a great big circle Also holes are circle. Like Kissin Kate Barlow buried a suitcase that said Stanley and Stanley found it. Also, they told what was in it. Zero got to stay with Stanley and Zero found his mother because she was messing with his hair. But he did not know it was his mother. So that's why this book is the best!

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Summary: Holes
Review: Holes is the coolest book that I have ever read before and all my friends love it. I hope you write more books just like it. Bye Seya

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Summary: Holes is great!
Review: Holes is the engaging story of Stanley Yelnats, accused of stealing the stinky sneakers of a famous baseball player that were supposed to be auctioned for charity. He is innocent, but, like everyone in his family since his "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather," he was in the wrong place at the wrong time (7). He is sent to Camp Green Lake where there is nothing green and no lake. He and the other boys spend each day digging individual five by five holes in the now-dry lake bed. They rise early to avoid the hottest part of the Texas day, but cannot return to their tents until their whole is complete. They also have to avoid the yellow-spotted lizard-one bite is deadly. Stanley is heavy and out of shape, and digging holes is very hard work for him. Stanley makes a deal with a camper, Zero, to teach him to read for one hour a night in return for one hour's worth of digging. Zero runs away, and Stanley chases after his new friend. Juxtaposed with the primary tale of Stanley and Zero is the story of Stanley's great-great-grandfather, a famous lady-gunslinger named Kate Barlow, and Kate's love, a black man named Sam who is killed for kissing a white woman. The tale of Kate and Stanley's grandfather eventually resolves the mystery of Camp Green Lake and what the "campers" are searching for all day in the hot sun.

This story is built around the absurdity of Stanley's crime and punishment. However, beyond the absurd circumstances of his incarceration, Sachar manages to build a community and explore the importance of friendships-especially among those who don't necessarily fit in. Even though he was the biggest boy in his class, Stanley was bullied and tormented. Sachar writes, "The teachers never took Stanley's complaint seriously, because Derrick was so much smaller than Stanley. Some teachers even seemed to find it amusing that a little kid like Derrick could pick on someone as big as Stanley" (23). Stanley is obviously sensitive and non-confrontational to allow Derrick to bully him, but on his first day at Camp Green Lake, he becomes "Caveman." His new bunkmates warn a larger boy, "You don't want to mess with the Caveman" (44). By sticking together and giving each other nick-names, the boys create a community in a very inhospitable place. They help each other with advice about digging holes and avoiding the counselors. Stanley and Zero help each other both at camp, and in the desert.

Characterization is very important in this novel. Sachar makes it clear from the beginning that Stanley, a nice boy, is not used to taking responsibility for his actions. Everything in his, and his father's, and his father's father's, life has been blamed on his great-great-grandfather, who was cursed by a Gypsy. Sachar writes, "Stanley and his parents didn't believe in curses, of course, but whenever anything went wrong, it felt good to blame someone" (8). Stanley is a character who is acted upon, rather than one who takes action. He allows Derrick to bully him. He allows X-Ray to take credit for finding something in the dry river bed, losing a half-day of freedom. When he finally takes some action by running away to try and find Zero, things start to go better for Stanley. He still has doubts about his ability to make things happen, but Zero tells him, "When you spend your whole life living in a hole, the only way you can go is up" (159). Stanley takes this sentiment to heart, and manages to dig his way out of the hole that is his life.

Learning to take responsibility for one's actions is the key experience in this novel. Students will relate to Stanley's growth from someone who is ready to blame his long dead great-great-grandfather for everything that goes wrong in his life to someone who takes an active part in what is going on, willing to accept the consequences.

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Summary: You'll never want it to end!
Review: Holes is the first work by Louis Sachar that I've read, and I was very impressed! It had rather offbeat characters in a captivating plot. I liked the easy-to-read style and the setup of the chapters. I would recommend this book to everyone I know.

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Summary: The best book I have ever read!
Review: Holes is the greatest book I have ever read! If you have not read it ,you need to. It is a little sad at the end. When you start it it is boring but do not quit it, keep reading and don`t worry it will all come together. Before I read this book I did notlike reading, but after reading this I love reading!

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Summary: This book is guaranteed to hook reluctant readers.
Review: Holes is the kind of book that will have your students begging for more when you read it aloud. As a sixth grade teacher, it's hard to find books that both boys and girls will love to hear (and read). Holes is fast-paced and full of action. There are surprises throughout and lots of twists and connections that careful listeners get excited about putting together. The voice of this novel is incredible. This is the second school year that I've read it to my class and it's my favorite by far. When I asked this year's class if anyone had heard of it or read it, I kept my fingers crossed that no one had - I wanted to be the first to introduce it to them. One of my student's parents told me last year that because of Holes, her son finally wanted to read again. It's most appropriate for upper elementary and middle school children.

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Summary: GRATE BOOK!!!
Review: Holes is the most exalent book I have ever read. It deals with a lot of evry day conflicts. The story tells about boys that get in troubol with the law and go to Campe Green Lake insted of jail.I would defenly recamend this book to a friend or a stragor. reaid this book and get cought in the web of what we call holes.
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