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Summary: A GREAT BOOK !!!!!!!!!!!
Review: The story of holes is about a boy named Stanley who was punished for a crime that he didn't commit,and it all started with a pair of sneakers. Stanley is sent to a camp called Camp Green Lake ,but there is no lake. All they do is dig holes all day. While there Stanley makes a friend and learns things about his ancestors all while going on the adventure of his life. If you like adventure stories this is the book for you. You have to read the book, it is awesome. You will not be able to set it down it's a definite page turner!!!!
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Summary: Holes review by Conner L.
Review: I feel the book Holes was an awesome book. I liked this book because it could have been something that happened in real life or fiction. At the end of each chapter it left you wondering so you would keep reading to find out what happened next. At the end of the book it left with a lot of questions to answer for yourself. I wish Louis Sachar would right a sequel.
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Summary: wonderful the best book I have ever read
Review: This book is great. It's about one boy who got accused of stealing a shoe so he goes to a camp were they dig five feet holes wide and across. You ask why read the book. o.k. I will tell you more. There is a boy called Zero. He was the best friend of the boy in the camp. Zero ran away and the camp counselor said there was never a Zero there. Anyways the boy went to find Zero. I can't say any more. You have to read the book!
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Summary: Awesome
Review: My sister in law purchased this book for my boy. He read the book and said it was great.So,I read it.Since then,I have had several people read Holes.They have all loved this book.
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Summary: Loved It!
Review: I read this book aloud to my 9 and 12 year old sons. They both loved it. This is an outstanding book in that it is both easy to read and yet tells an engaging story. We recommend it to anyone who likes a good story.
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Summary: I LIKE HOLES
Review: Holes is an entertaining book about a boy named Stanley Yelnats who gets sent to a hard-working, hazardous camp. Everyday Stanley and his fellow inmates each have to dig a perfect hole for their bad behavior. At this camp, Stanley makes new friends and goes through many difficult situations. After a few encounters, Stanley begins to think something suspicious is going on.
I wasn't too thrilled about reading this book in the beginning because of the book cover and setting; it didn't seem very interesting or adventurous. The story takes place on a bus in the desert so I thought the book would be very monotonous. After the first few chapters, the book got more and more exciting and I couldn't put it down. This is a great story so don't judge this book by its cover.
When I read this book I noticed that Louis Sachar puts many imaginative and strong images in this book. I could really picture myself as the characters in the book. I also found out that characters in this book are easy to relate to. I noticed that Zero is very similar to many of us. He is a person that doesn't talk much but once Stanley got to know him, two strangers became best friends. They also learned many characteristics about each other that they would have never discovered if they never got to know each other.
Louis indicates many themes to me as I read the book. In the end I think his primary point is that we should never give up on our goals. Stanley went out into the desert with an unthinkable and what seemed impossible objective. His goal was to return back at camp alive with Zero, and when he found Zero they never gave up. Together with their objective in mind, they didn't give up even when there was barely any hope left. The ending of this book was very pleasing and I wouldn't have it any other way. This award-winning book is fantastic for all ages, 10 and above. Holes is the most breathtaking and adventurous book I have ever read. If you enjoy this book you might also enjoy Hatchet.
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Summary: how to reform a misguided youth
Review: Stanley Yelnats is a delinquent youth who is in need of serious reform, or so we are lead to believe. Holes, a young adult novel by Louis Sachar, is an entertaining story full of plot twists and humor. Living up to the curse brought on his family by his "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather," Stanley is wrongfully accused of stealing a very important pair of shoes. Instead of going to jail Stanley opts to serve his time at Camp Greenlake, a boys camp for boys in need of reform. The theory behind Camp Greenlake is this "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." Stalney soon Figures out that the boys of Camp Greenlake are digging not to be reformed but to find something.
Louis Sachar, takes several wonderful characters and creates a story that is both exciting and mysterious. Along with the story of Stanley, Sachar tells the story behind the legend of Stanley's "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather," as well as the history of camp Greenlake. The most interesting thing about this book is the way in which these three stories all work together to compliment and build on one another. The mystery of the story comes as you learn about the intricate ways that Stanley is related to not only the camp it's self but also some of his fellow campers.
Holes is an amazingly crafted story that will take the reader on an exciting adventure into the life of a young man for whom nothing seems to go right.
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Summary: Holes a review by Peter
Review: Have you ever had to dig one hole every day? Some criminal kids in Louis Sachar's book Holes did. In Camp Green Lake, you had to do this every day for eighteen months! The holes had to be five feet deep by five feet across. There was only one rule at this camp: Don't upset the Warden, the person who ran the camp. She had nail polish that was made from extract of snake venom, which she used to threaten people who didn't do what she wanted. The Warden scratched Mr. Sir, the person who ran the camp and his face became swollen. The camp became unsanitary because Mr. Sir couldn't see out of his eyes well enough to clean the camp.
One day, Stanley, a boy at the camp, found a gold lipstick cap, with the initials, K.B. engraved on it. He wondered what it stood for. He asked one of the other boys in his tent what to do with it. They said that the Warden would want to see it. Would Stanley keep it from the Warden? Would the Warden find out from another boy what Stanley has? Well, Stanley did keep it from the Warden, but she has her way of knowing things.
The plot was very well thought up and I enjoyed the whole thing. I enjoyed it because the protagonist went to very breathtaking places. He climbed "God's Thumb", a giant mountain that looked like a thumb. The plot had a lot of flashbacks and it was like I got lost in time.
Stanley Yelnats, the protagonist, was brave and scared. The kids in his tent nicknamed him Caveman because he was big for age. He was brave when he did everything he could to overcome the Warden. He was scared if the Warden would catch him. He was always dusty and dirty from working on the "lake". One of his strengths was digging holes. One of his weaknesses was dealing with the Warden.
I feel that Stanley will eventually overcome the Warden. I like that Stanley never gives up easily, but...when the going gets tough, Stanley gets going.
I enjoyed this book and I hope you will, too.
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Summary: HOLES a review by Abby
Review: HOLESHave you ever found savior on what you thought was Gods thumb?
Well in the story Holes a boy named Stanley, the protagonist, is accused of steeling a pair of shoes. So he had a choice he could go to jail or go to a camp called Camp Green Lake. He chose Camp Green Lake. After a while at Camp Green Lake he got as sore as a person who got beat up all day. When he was finished he got a four-minute shower. This went on day after day. Except one day while digging he found a gold tube with the anisole K.B on it. Then a boy named Zigzag, his friend, gave the tube to the warden. So zigzag got the rest of the day off instead of Stanley. Then some time after Stanley, a boy, had pretended to steel some sunflower seeds. Zero, Stanley's friend, hit one of the leaders with a shovel across the face and ran away. Then Stanley as quickly as he could ran the water truck in to a hole when he went to fined Zero. He found Zero under an old boat that said Mary-Lou on it and then him and Zero went on torts what they thought was the big thumb of God. They finally got to the top of the mountain where the big thumb was. Will Stanley and Zero ever go home or not?
I thought this book was funny. It was interesting at times too. I thought it was funny when Stanley drove the water truck in to a hole. I liked it when Stanley told stories about people like his no good pig steeling great great grand father in between. I thought Stanley was a funny person who had a strange personality at first. He could always see his friends looking over his shoulder when he was reading a letter from his mom. I thought it was cool when it seemed like the author was talking about to things at once.
The protagonist, Stanley, was accused of steeling some shoes. Another protagonist, Zero, was Stanley's friend. Stanley was as big as a bear and Zero was as good of a digger than any one. Stanley was a frail after digging. Zero was also underhanded and undaunted. Zero had maneuvered digging but Stanley had not. Stanley's last name is his first name backward. Zero used to have a mom but she ran away when he was little Zero also did not have many friends.
I liked Zero and Stanley because they had lots of things to share with each other and they did a lot together. To see what happens next read the book Holes.
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Summary: the best book
Review: The book I read was Holes. It was one of my favorite books. It was about a young overweight boy who is cursed. His name is Stanley Yelnats and he gets accused of stealing a pair of shoes from a museum. He gets sent to a camp for juvenile kids. In the camp there are different groups, Stanley gets sent to group D where all of the boys give each other nicknames. The punishment was they had to dig holes 5 feet wide 5 feet deep everyday, the warden says they dig holes to build character but Stanley thinks she is trying to find something very important. I recommend this book because unlike some books that are boring in the beginning and start getting good at the end this book is always exciting from the first page.
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