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Summary: Surprising FairyTale
Review: Stanley Yelnats is an extremely likable character besides the fact that he is overweight and really didn't have any friends at his middle school. He is wrongfully accused for a crime and sentenced to serve time at Camp Green Lake, a reform place for boys. At Camp Green Lake the boys have to dig holes all day in the hot desert sun. This is part of their punishment and transformation into a productive citizen fit for society. I was surprised that this book was actually a fairy tale because so much of it seemed like a realistic fiction at the beginning. The story intertwines with the story of Stanley's great-great-grandfather who gets involved with an Egyptian magic woman. She helps him to win the hand in marriage of the woman he is in love with if he follows certain steps. It is the following of these steps that leads Stanley's great-great-grandfather and all of his descendants into trouble. The two parts of the story come together when things get a bit strange near the end of the book and the connection between the parallel stories is made. Stanley's relationships with his other tent mates are interesting ones. The boys all give each other nicknames and have their own pecking order within the group. Stanley, soon nicknamed Caveman, begins as the last man on the totem pole and eventually moves up in the ranking when he wins favor with the leader, X-ray. The story of the warden is an interesting one that finally sheds light on the reason for the digging of the holes near the end of the story. During the book, Stanley makes friends with Zero, another one of his tent mates. He also begins to teach Zero how to read and write. It is through this friendship that Stanley travels away from Camp Green Lake and finally back home. The route he takes to get there is most surprising and adds more fairy-tale elements to the story.
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Summary: A newfound appreciation for onions ... if only!
Review: Convicted of a crime he didn't commit ...That's probably not the most original way for an author to come up with a theme for his story, but everything else about this novel is pretty much an onion-tainted breath of fresh air. The protagonist, an amiable everyloser improbably named Stanley Yelnats experiences chronic bad luck brought on by a family curse. In this case, a particularly bad wave of ill fate causes him to be sent to a boys work camp where the daily labor focuses on the bizarre task of hole digging. We're not talking ditches here, just holes. Mysterious and sadistic figures abound at the also improbably named Camp Green Lake, and nothing is quite as it seems, but it looks like Stanley is going to be too tired to care either way. Still, a character's got to grow, and Louis Sachar has got to take credit for economically using every piece of this novel to create a story that is exciting, entertaining, and thought-provoking. A mini-family saga, Sachar doesn't shy away from serious issues, including a skeptical look at the youth penal system, along with some peeks at racial politics, both contemporary and nineteenth-century style. The wrap-up at the end seems hastily thrown-together, but it also throws the reader a nice lyrical bone.
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Summary: Holes
Review: Holes
Stanley Yelnats is just a regular boy that gets framed about stealing shoes and gets asked by a judge if he would like to go to jail or to a summer camp. Thinking that the camp would be fun he chose to go to "Camp Green Lake." As he gets to the camp he meets many new kids that have done other crimes the first thing he says that no lake no green and notices that this will not be fun. The next day he has to dig a hole that is 5 feet deep and 5 feet wide he finds a fish fossil. Now its pretty hot out its 95 degrees in the shade but you really do not need to know that because the warden does not let anyone go in her shade. Finally after alot of days of hard working in the sun and so many days at camp Green Lake he gets to go home and they change Camp Green Lake to a good camp. See how it goes for Stanley and read about the new Camp Green Lake.
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Summary: "You're not in the Girls Scouts anymore"
Review: Stanley Yelnats was in the wrong place at the wrong time. That was always the problem with the Yelnats family. Stanley was being sent to jail because he was accused of a crime that he did not committ. Unfortunately for Stanley it was either jail time, or Camp Green Lake. Luckily, Stanley had never been to Camp before, so this seemed like a wise alternative for him. When Stanley arrives at camp he encounters many people and places that will forever change his life. Stanley learns the true meaning of friendship and what loyalty truly means. Stanley realizes that receiving a nickname is a sign of respect, no matter how demeaning the nickname is. Holes is a heartwarming story of a young man coming to terms with responsibilty and self awareness. This is a heartwarming story that students and adults will equally enjoy.
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Summary: A story not only a story...
Review: Does Camp Green Lake sound appealing like any other camp on the face of this Earth? Well Stanley Yelnats is about to find out. As soon as he takes his first step out of the bus, he finds himself surrounded by the plain desert terrain. The baked Earth is filled with holes, as scorpions, bugs, and the deadly yellow spotted lizards crawl around. In the hot sun bad boys are supposed to dig holes until the day that they rebuild their moral character. Yet, Stanley figures that the holes are for something¡K something that the warden desperately wants¡K
It is clear that we all read books. However how many have you enjoyed reading? I personally think that Louis Sachar has a very typical writing method that he uses when writing this novel. It follows a special story line that makes you want to read on and on. To tell you the truth, if I enjoyed this book, who else wouldn¡¦t? Follow Stanley as you uncover the story bit by bit until the secret is finally reveled. This is a book filled with emotions that takes your up and down, a story you should definitely not miss.
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Summary: A story not only a story...
Review: Does Camp Green Lake sound appealing like any other camp on the face of this Earth? Well, Stanley Yelnats is about to find out. As soon as he takes his first step out of the bus, he find himself surrounded by the plain desert terrain. The baked earth is filled with holes, as scorpions, bugs, and the deadly yellow spotted lizard crawl around. In the hot sun, bad boys are supposed to dig holes until the day that they rebuild their moral character. Yet, Stanley figures that the holes are for something¡K something that the warden desperately wants¡K
It is clear that we all read books. However how many have you enjoyed reading? I personally think that Louis Sachar has a very typical type of writing method that he uses when writing this novel. It follows a special story line that makes you want to read on and on. To tell you the truth, if I enjoyed this book, who else wouldn¡¦t? Follow Stanley as you uncover the story bit by bit until the secret is finally reveled. This is a book filled with emotions and that take you up and down, a story you should definitely not miss.
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Summary: A book that I want to read it again and again
Review: Stanley Yelnats, an innocent boy who has been sent to the Camp Green Lake, because of the bad luck within his family. Since his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather his family then has a history of bad luck. Therefore Stanley isn¡¦t really surprised when a miscarriage sends him to the camp. Camp Green Lake is the largest lake in Texas, however it is now dry and flat. In the camp he had to wake up really early everyday and dig a hole with five feet deep and five feet wide. Just because of the warden claimed "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." But that¡¦s actually a lie. It was hard for the people who first start to dig the hole, as they dig more and more holes, it became easier and faster. But then Stanley found out that the warden is making them dig to find something. Something that is really important to the warden. As the story goes on, Stanley then realized the truth.
It is a wonderful story with both laughter and pain and with creativity. This story also creates a mood, to bring us into the story, and to actually fell what the character feel.
Even though this book is a book for the age around 9-12, I think this is a book that every age level will enjoy.
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Summary: A very good story, very well read
Review: "Holes" is, by turns, sad, surreal, mysterious, and fun. It's some combination of the Hardy Boys and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. It's good reading for kids, but involving for adults. I listened to the book on tape, and Kerry Beyer does good vocal characterizations without being intrusive. Well done.
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Summary: This Book Rocks!!!!
Review: I checked Holes out from our school library. I fell in love with it the first time I read it. Louis Sachar is a great auther. I say you should buy Holes, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Wayside School is Falling Down and all of the other Louis Sachar books.
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Summary: It's a small world
Review: Holes is an awesome book! At first I thought this book was going to teach me about different ways to dig a hole. The author has a great imagination to come up with such an awesome story! The way he makes almost every thing connect is really interesting. If you are the type of person who judges a book by it's cover then you can't do that for this book cause it's awesome!So don't miss out on this opportunity to read this Book.Take this advice and read IT!!!
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