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Summary: Allegory of Transcendence
Review: A deceptively easy-to-read novel, Holes is an allegory of the forces of despair pitted against hope and regeneration in a story where a young boy must reverse the curse of his great-great grandfather and in the process emerge as a more complete human being than he was at the story's beginning. Stanley Yelnats must unpeel the onion of his family's past (a metaphor from one of the novel's few good characters The Onion Man who serves--what else?--onions to the ailing)and reverse the legacy of inverted love, failed promises, and greed.What makes Stanley, shy and fat, such a great hero, is that he learns not to pity himself for the curse that, no fault of his own, afflicts him. Instead, he finds salvation by helping Zero, one of his prison mates at the desert work camp. By teaching Zero how to read, write, and learn math, Stanley is able to free himself from self-pity and transcend the limitations that have been imposed on him. Like the novel's Onion Man, Stanley becomes a giver of hope in a world of holes (gaping chasms of despair)in a mysterious masterpiece of allegorical fiction.
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Summary: Great for kids and adults alike!
Review: A friend of mine who teaches 3rd or 4th grade read this book to her class, and recommended it highly. It sounded interesting enough from the description on the back cover. I was expecting it to be some fun, light reading and Holes didn't disappoint. The story is fascinating. There's a great dual storyline going where it flips between the story of the boys at Camp Green Lake, and the story of Kissin' Kate Barlow, an outlaw who lived there a hundred years before. The book also touches on some deeper issues. There is a subtle discussion of the injustice of racism, for example. And one of the boys was homeless and talks about being shunned and mistreated. I liked this element of social consciousness. It's presented in a way that doesn't beat you over the head with its message but still makes its point. The end of the book ties everything together in a nice little bow: bad guys thwarted, good guys win. It's a delicious little story.
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Summary: Holes - exelent book
Review: A funny adventure-mystery-comedy. Very strange writting stlye that takes a while to get used to. A boy is sent to Camp Green Lake, a youth detension center for almost no reason. Its a strange place with strange people. Take these names for example: Pendancekey, Yelnats, Zero, Barf Bag, and Mr. Sir.
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Summary: Engaging Adventure
Review: A good versus evil adventure among young delinquents that tells some history and delves into the pysche of teenage boys. I didn't know what to expect, but was pleasantly surprised by the grit of this teenage targeted novel.
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Summary: The best book I have read!
Review: A great book! I loved the mystery. Louis Sachar has always written great books. This is his best. I felt sorry for Sam the onion man. Everyone should read this book!
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Summary: wowowow
Review: a great book. You must read it. wowowowowowowowowowowowowowo
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Summary: A fun book!
Review: A great read! "Holes", by Louis Sachar is a must. In this story, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a boy's correctional facility, Camp Green Lake for the crime of stealing shoes, which he did not do. Stanley and his family have blamed all of their bad luck on their no-good-pig-stealing- grandfather, who took a pig from a one-legged Gypsy, and she supposedly cursed him. This camp is not like any other camp. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake (it has been dry for 100 years) and the whole day the campers' work on digging holes in the dried up lakebed. The owner of this camp says this is to build character, but she is really just using the kids to find the money that Kissin' Kate Barlow buried when she lived there. This story tells more than what happens at camp, it tells the history of Camp Green Lake before it dried up. This was a great book, and I really like the way Louis Sachar really explains what was happening then, and what's happening now at Camp Green Lake. This is a very inventive book, and is a great story relating to friendship. As a humorous tale, this will be on everyone's favorite list.
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Summary: This ironic, poetic, fabulous story ain't just for kids!
Review: A lovely piece of black comedy with light at the end of the tunnel!! This book is touted as a children's book, but it's a bit much for the average kid, and definitely beyond sub-average readers. Meticulously structured, this tale blends realism and legend into a wondrous gypsy recipe. The stench of foot odor, pigs, and onions come up against Kissin' Kate Barlow's spiced peaches. And love and the underdogs finally prevail against an ancient curse and a modern obsession. It's funny, painful, sweet/sad and strange. A richly complex, compulsive page-turner of a story, which comes together bit by bit, hole by hole, to make a whole, horrifying, satisfying tale.
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Summary: a very well done book
Review: a must read!!! A great novel about a kid who is sent o a bad boy camp from being charged of stealing. While he is there he finds out who really did do the stealing and how he saved his life.A compelling novel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1o stars
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Summary: A great adventure story, keeps you reading for hours on end.
Review: A new book, in a new style. Harry Potter is a extremly admierable charecter. It all comes together in the end, in a way that makes you smile It is amazing how when you read this book you are in a totaly different world.
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