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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: this book is good but not spectacular
Review: The story take place at Camp Green Lake juvenile detention facility in the middle of Taxes where there's no lake, and hardly anything is green. The "bad boys" that have been sended there need to dig a hole that is 5 feet wide and 5 feet deep. The reason?"If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy." is the respond.Stanley Yelnats gets accused of stealing some professional baseball player's shoes. He was sent to "Camp Green Lake" to serve his punishment. His great-great-no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-grandfather was cursed by a blind Gypsy Madam Zeroni. There are several connections between the past and the present throughout this whole book. If you don't pay attention you won't understand, so you better pay attention if you really want to know what's going on in this book. This book is is filled with surprise,excitement, fun, friendship, suspension, and feeling. There are many humors that can prevent readers from getting depressed. Friendship are potrayed smoothly between Stanley and Zero,and the moral of the book is very great. This book is great, but there are several downside. For example, overlarge coincidence, the Yello-Spotted lizards make the plot a bit unrealistic and confusing.Also, some scene(especially the time when the camp owner administered some rattlesnake poison) is not suitable for children under 9. Overall, there are better books (especially for children) than this one(such as a Wrinkle in Time, The hobbit, Nothing but the Truth, etc, etc) but you should read it if you have the time. B+
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Summary: For Readers of Any Age
Review: No wasted words in this tightly-written tale. Every detail is important. Marketed for Young Adults but anyone older than a teen will still enjoy this book.
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Summary: Good Work!
Review: Holes
By Louis Sachar
Reviewed by: T.Lin
Period: P.4 This book is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats, his family whenever gets into trouble they would blame it on their no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great great grandfather. A single shoe started his miserable life, one day when he was just walking on the streets a shoe fell from the sky, and it belonged to the famous baseball player, people thought Stanley stole it, so they accused him, and put him out into Camp Green Lake. This book was a very detailed book. The descriptions for this book made me feel that I was in Camp Green Lake myself. The descriptions of the words really jumped out and grabbed you, and put you in the hot sandy desert of the Camp Green Lake. The details of the book described the sandy, hot desert, and all the time you would be dying for thirst. For example, "His mouth was dry and his throat hurt." "He stepped onto the hard, dry dirt." In this book I didn't dislike anything about it. The descriptions were the best things about the book. One of my favorite parts of the story is when Stanley was digging he found a golden lipstick cap, and engraved on it was the letters KB. He didn't know what it was and why was it in the middle of the desert. If you want to find out read this amazing book. One of my favorite parts is when Stanley found the golden lipstick container, and engraved on it was the mysterious letters KB. That was one of my favorite parts on the book. I really like that part because it was the part that made me jump again, and it let me sustain the reading.
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Summary: Holes by Louis Sachar
Review: Holes by Louis Sachar is a book I'd highly recommend to anyone my age. You can really relate to the main character, Stanley Yelnats. No matter what Stanley did with all good intentions, things would backfire. He just couldn't catch a break. His bad luck not only seemed to follow him throughout the story, but this curse was believed to have plagued his family, the Yelnats, for generations.
The author takes you back in time to tell the story of when Stanley's Great-Great Grandfather lived and then shows how his family's history changes the events in Young Stanley's life.
The characters of the boys at camp with Stanley were very unique right down to their nicknames: Armpit, Zigzag, Magnet, Squid, X-ray and my favorite Zero. Even though they were supposed to be big,bad,tough guys, the author reveals that they all had some good in them. The villain in this story, the warden, was one mean lady you wouldn't want to tangle with. She was almost as frightening as the spotted poisonous lizards that surrounded the camp. As you read you'll find yourself desperately hoping that Stanley Yelnats' luck changes. It's the type of story where you don't want to put it down until you know that Stanley and the boys at camp make out alright. There's surprises and twists in the story that you don't see coming which make the story even more interesting. If you like stories that are scary, funny, perplexing and exciting all at the same time, then dig into Holes. The story is a treasure you'll want to share.
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Summary: Holes the greatest book you will ever read
Review: Holes was the first book I read many times. I really liked the book. It was exciting to read and I loved the adventure in the book that the boys had. I would probably read it again because I have the book. I saw the movie and I liked it because I got to see what happened on the screen. There was probably things in the book that were not in the movie. I would recomend this book to kids 4th grade and up,the first time I read it was in the fourth grade.
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Summary: Digging for Self Esteem
Review: Holes is a novel about a boy named Stanley Yelnats. He is an overweight boy, who gets picked on in school, and always seems to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. He gets sent to Camp Green Lake and says "It was all because of his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather." While Holes is modern fantasy, the dialogue provides insight into the main characters, Stanley and Zero (a fellow-campmate). Stanley explains that his great-great-grandfather put a curse on the Yelnats family. The reader learns of Stanley's family history and Stanley helps Zero (who has no family) to learn of his. Throughout the novel, the reader wonders how outlaw Kissin' Kate Barlow, Madame Zeroni and Stanley's great-great grandfather all tie together. Sachar is genius in tying this mystery together; he uses understatement at opportune times. For example, at the end of one chapter, Zero tells Stanley: "You know, that's not my real name...Everyone's always called me Zero...My real name is Hector. Hector Zeroni". Recall from above there is a Madame Zeroni. You'll have to read to learn of the connection. Also Sachar uses varied sentence lengths, adaptable for all reading levels. Telling 2 stories can be tricky (Stanley's days at camp and of his family's history), but Sachar uses the right pacing to keep the reader interested and on-track. By the end of the story, Stanley and Zero both have learned about their pasts; and at the same time found themselves through self-esteem.
Holes is an ideal novel for kids ages 10 (4th grade) on up. The reader would need good comprehension skills, being that there are 2 stories being told at the same time. While the book touches on juvenile delinquency, homelessness, self-esteem, etc., Sachar has added great humor to inform the reader without him/her knowing. I would use this book for DEAR/SSR, possibly in character development class (many middle schools have this class), and also offer it in my library center in my classroom. Holes is an excellent novel for children and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: I LOVED this book!
Review: Wow - Louis Sachar scores again! The author of the Wayside School books and There's a Boy in the Girls Bathroom takes a different route with this book. It's different from his previous works, and yet, it still has the same humor and lessons that are his trademark. At first, when my friend told me about this book, I thought it would be pretty dumb. But I got bored one weekend and read my little brother's copy, and I literally ate it up. I was finished with it in a day. Stanley Yelnats gets to choose his fate for a crime that he didn't even commit: prison, or Camp Greenlake. Stanley had never been to summer camp. Besides, anything is better than prison, right? WRONG! Camp Greenlake is horrible! The Warden makes the boys dig holes, looking for the mysterious treasure of Kissin' Kate Barlow. I especially loved the parts where it would flash back to the original Greenlake and Stanley's grandfather. A final word: buy this book. You won't be sorry to have it in your collection.
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Summary: Fun but exciting
Review: When I read the book Holes in the 7th grade I thought it was a good book. It wasn't hard to read and it wasn't easy, it was a book that made me laugh and enjoyed reading it and it had alot of characters that had many different personalities. At first I thought the book was to long because I didn't want to read a book over 100 pages because I never wanted to read. Also the book kept me waiting for the next thing to happen because I was so into the book and never wanted to stop reading it when i started.
Now, I still think the book is great and now that I read again I got the same feeling when I read it the first time. I also still think that the book is adventurous and fun to read. Even though I am older and are on a higher reading level I still think the book is great. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in a fun and exciting book.
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Summary: Excelent for young and old
Review: A great reed I highly recomand this book to anyone who loves toread.It's good for young and old.The story is faced passed and hihly enjoyable.The characters are lovable and hateable.
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