Holes

Rating:
Summary: Awards
Review: 1999 Newbery Medal; 1998 National Book Award for Young People's Literature; A Christopher Award for Juvenile Fiction; An ALA Notable Book; An ALA Best Book for Young Adults; An ALA Quick Pick for Young Adults; A New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year; A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book; A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; A Publishers Weekly Notable Children's Book of the Year; A Publishers Weekly Bestseller; A Horn Book Fanfare Title; A Riverbank Review 1999 Children's Book of Distinction; A New York Public Library Children's Book of 1998-100 Titles for Reading and Sharing; A Texas Lone Star Award Nominee; A NECBA Fall List Title

Rating:
Summary: An Excellent Book! Worth digging a hole for!
Review: 2 thumbs up, 10 toes, 1 knee and a couple of elbows for this outstanding book. Louis Sachar has written his best book yet! Although it is very unrealistic, it relates to some problems and emotional feelings that occur in life.

With excellent to the point writing style, and a great plot, you wont be able to put this book down.

READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK! READ THIS BOOK!

Rating:
Summary: The Bizarre Story of Holes
Review: 5 STARS

The book I read was Holes .It is a very interesting book .I like this book because the author describes the characters very well and he adds a lot of details .I like the characters because they are very interesting and most of them have good personalities.
This book is about a boy that goes to a juvenile detention center and digs holes in a dry lake.
I suggest people should read this book because it will catch their attention .It has no violence and its very interesting.

Rating:
Summary: Holes
Review:

Holes is a book by the popular author of “Dogs don’t tell Joes”, “There is a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom”, and the Marvin Red post series, Louis Sanchar.

The book talks about a boy called Satnley Yelnats that is sent to a camp (Camp Green Lake). He is accused of stealing a pair of shoes. In the camp the boys are forced to dig holes. Stanley realizes that there is another reason for digging holes than the “character building experience”; he thinks that the warden is looking for something else,

This is a facinanting history that I recommend you read it. The narrative of the author is so good, that you can almost see the events and the landscape in which the history is develop. If you like to follow the clues and solve mysteries while reading a great adventure, this book is for you.

Rating:
Summary: The Best Book In World History! -- Holes
Review: A book about holes? Who would want to read that? Well who ever judges a
book by its cover won't pick this book up, and that is one big mistake! Holes by Louis
Sachar is one of the best books that I have ever read. This book is about a.. well you can
say a chubby looking kind of kid. His name is Stanley Yelants, (the last name is Stanley
Backwards) he is not a popular kid and isn't known for the best luck. Well truthfully his
whole family isn't known for their luck, all because of his one no-good-dirty-rotten-pig stealing-great-great-grand-father. In the family of Yelants, any time anything unlucky
happens (which happens most of the time) the Yelants blame it on him.
Anyway Stanley is under a curse, he was framed from doing something he didn't
do. All because of that one incident Stanley is sentenced either to spend a long period of time in jail or a long period of time in Camp Green Lake. Well put yourself in the position, try to envision having to make one choice. I would have picked the camp. So did Stanley. From what Stanley had experienced throughout the book in a way he regretted going to the camp Green Lake. The Camp sounds fun and joyful but that was a perfect description of the camp, if you wanted to find the total opposite of it!
The camp was out in the middle of nowhere, where the lake use to be before the lake dried out. It is in Texas, not even close to home. Stanley's life was going so bad he didn't think anything worse could happen. Until he met the camp ruler. She was one of the meanest people you could ever meet, Ms. Walker. Also known as the Warden. The whole camp was also based around one thing, which was digging holes day after day that had to be as long as his shovel and as wide as his shovel (which is pretty long). Stanley thinks that the Warden is out to find something that is buried, so she has them dig the hole and do the work for her, they were told that whenever they found something to report it to her right away. When Stanley had arrived he knew that it was going to a voyage. He had to sit there on a sweltering hot bus and think that he wouldn't be home for about 2 years, at the least. The whole theme of the book is about Stanley's life at Camp Green Lake about the fun he had, the trouble he got in to, the kids he met, the torture he went through, and the lesson's he learned.
Everyone I know that read Hole's, gave it a five out of five review. I would also give it a five out of five. A sixth grader recommends this book from N.Y; I would suggest this book for readers of the age nine and up. If you are ready for a shocking, get hooked on, exiting, exhilarating, entertaining, pleasurable, thriller kind of book then you have to read Hole's, a Newbery medal award winning book by Louis Sachar. There is a movie coming out because the world thinks that this book is a sensation!

By, Taylor

Rating:
Summary: Defies the Medium, A New Classic
Review: A book usually has a demographic. This book has one as well, everyone. I would be hard-pressed to find an avid reader that would not enjoy this read. You could pick a part the writing and the detail, but by doing that you are admitting that you did not fully understand what the book meant. It is a non-demographic book only rivaled by The Hobbit. If you like a story that includes a little bit of everything, and a lot of heart, check out Holes.

Rating:
Summary: Holes
Review: A boy named Stanley is charged with stealing a famoius man's shoe.He can either go to jail or Camp Greenlake. Stanely picks the camp. At the camp the kids are criminals that have to dig a hole a day.The lake at the camp is all dried up.The lady that is in charge of the camp is looking for something from the past but what is it?

Rating:
Summary: ***AWSOME***
Review: A boy sent to camp for stealing something he hasn't!
I find HOLES to be a very good book to read. The reason is because that every turn of the page in this book just keeps me going. You'll find that there's always something new just around the corner in ever word and sentence there is. I guarantee that you'll never get bored with this book. My favorite character is Stanley because he's the main character and he has a good personality. He goes to camp for stealing "something" that he had nothing to do with. The camp is a camp for juveniles and its not very good. I don't like the reason he goes to camp either. "There's a mysterious feel about this camp" Stanley says so in the book. I would recommend this book to older adults and middle-aged teenagers. The ending to the story was great because not only can you anticipate it but it sunrises you in the ending.

Rating:
Summary: A Must Read!
Review: A compelling, charming book about a camp, greed, and punishment. It display originality, creativity and a sense of enigma. Anyone who reads it is sure to find a moment of laughter and agreement.

Rating:
Summary: You will definetly read this book after this review
Review: A curse placed on Stanley Yelnats's "No-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather" has caused Stanley to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. This time it caused Stanley a sentence in a juvenile detention camp, for a crime he did not commit. The camp is on a dried up lake where boys have to dig holes that are five feet deep and five feet wide everyday in desert weather. The Warden says, " If you take a bad boy and make him dig holes he will become a good boy." Nevertheless Stanley figures out that the Warden is looking for something more than turning these boys good. Could this camp and the people at the camp change Stanley's life forever.
This book was one of the most captivating and enticing books I have ever read. When Stanley gets to Camp Green Lake that's when the action begins. You are always wondering why they are digging holes and when you find out that the Warden is looking for something you cant help but wonder what it is. Each character is very captivating because they aren't your average kind of guys; they are juvenile delinquents. Moreover Zero is so strange you cant help but think what is wrong with him. The best thing is you don't find out what the Warden is looking for till the very end so the suspense is through out the whole book and it keeps building up, making you not want to put Holes down.
The reason I chose to read this book was because I heard it was funny and now I know why. Like right away in the 3rd chapter Stanley's teacher Ms. Bell takes Stanley because he is over weight and the skinniest kid it the class and shows the ratio between them. I was laughing so hard I had to put the book down and laugh. Then in chapter 6 my favorite part came Derrick Dune a kid who Stanley is twice the size of picks on Stanley. So he goes to his teachers and they just laugh. In spite of all that the funniest piece was about Stanley's "No-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather." It was so outrageous and wild. His grandfather took a pig from a gypsy and took it to a lake sung it a song and it got fatter. He did this because he had to give a pig to the father of the girl he loved and when the day came she didn't know who to chose because someone else had brought a pig the same size. Moreover the name is just so ridiculous.
I did not have any dislikes about this book although I thought the story was very random. Yet that's what made it funny but it was also wired. I seem to have mixed feeling about this particular issue. The whole thing about his grandfather was so fictional I mean no one could relate to it. Also if u steal shoes I don't think they are going to make you dig holes in the middle of the desert, and the whole business about Kissin' Kate Barlow and how she robbed Stanley's great-grandfather and then Stanley finds it what are the chances of that?
I think this book doesn't really have a value it just a silly children's novel that is a blast to read, I would give it two thumbs way up. This book is like no other book because it has a really stupid plot but it has a way of drawing you in at the same time. I don't think this book has a value yet I think it has a moral. Kindness will only be given to you if you are kind to others. I think the book clearly states this because Stanley's great-great-grandfather stole a pig and it brought them bad luck, but when Stanley helped Zero he got a good fortune.