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Summary: Holes Is The Best
Review: Holes is an exciting mystery! The main character, Stanley Yelnats, is accused of stealing Clyde Livingston's shoes. He is sent to Camp Green Lake to become a good person. He makes new friends and finds out a lot about himself. If you like reading mysteries you will love this book!
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Summary: The Best Book I Have Read In A While
Review: I have this book and it is the best book I have read yet. It is even better than any Harry Potter book. I liked it so much I think they should make a movie and/or a sequal to it. It is like alot in one. A sespence, mystery, leaves you wondering and it funny all at the same time. I was required to read this in my reading class this year (7th grade). I think it is a constant page turner and the chapters always seem to end in the best part. This is a wonderful book that everyone should get a chance to read. (...)
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Summary: Review from a fifth grade teacher
Review: I absolutely loved this strange story of Stanley's. I have a reader's workshop in my classroom and every student who has read it also comments that they love the book, and it is the best book they have ever read. I thought the book to be funny and a very creative story. Those who choose not to read the book are missing out.
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Summary: Well crafted book that hooks young and old reader alike
Review: Louis Sachar has written an excellent story about Stanley Yelnats, an overweight, picked on 12-year-old with a family curse. His great-great-grandfather accidently got a curse placed upon him by a Madame Zeroni. Since that time, what can best be described as "bad luck" has plagued the Yelnats family. Stanley lives up to the family curse as he is arrested for stealing a pair of shoes belonging to a superstar athelete that was being auctioned off to support a charity. The judge doesn't like the idea that someone would steal from a charity, so he throws the book at Stanley: 18 months of hard labor at Camp Green Lake.Now, while Camp Green Lake may sound like a happy, fun-filled place, it's actually one of the hottest, dryest deserts in the world--it hasn't rained there in 110 years. Forced to dig a five foot deep hole with a five foot diameter every day in the hot sun, Stanley slowly realizes that holes are being dug for a reason other than to "build character." This book is fast paced and really hooks the reader, especially the young reader. It is well written, shifting between humor and drama (my class laughed out loud more than a couple times). Sachar also shifts between past and present, at first confusing the young reader, until Sachar includes and event to connect the two seemingly unrelated stories (again, a chorus of "Oooooooh"s from my class as they realize what "sploosh" really is and as they realize the connection between Madame Zeroni and Zero). This really is an excellent book and I highly recommend it to any reader, no matter his or her age.
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Summary: terrific
Review: holes is the story of a boy names stanley who is convicted of stealing a pair of sneakers.he must choose to stay at prison or a place called camp green lake.stanley chooses the camp and is forced to dig holes six feet wide and six feet deep,one a day.soon a boy at the camp named zero runs away ans stanley wonders in the desert to find him.together,the two boy go on a journey you won't forget.
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Summary: Simply Brilliant
Review: Stanley Yelnats is suffering. His father is suffering. In fact, everyone in his family has suffered from his cursed "dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-grandfather". Currently Stanley Yelnats in at Camp Green Lake a reform camp for boys who have the option of going there or going to jail. A sorry choice for a boy who is found guilty of a crime that he did not commit. But hey, Camp Green Lake sounds likes a nice place though right? Well, it does sound nice except for it is in the middle of nowhere in the hot blistering sun. The residents each day have to dig a five foot hole five feet in diameter at the bottom. Perhaps this is not so bad in and of itself, except for the rattlesnakes, tarantulas, and the yellow-spotted lizards (they are the only animals whose bite means certain death)... Did I mention that there was no lake at Camp Green Lake anymore? Sachar brilliantly blends in narrative from the past of Stanley's family with the history of Camp Green Lake in conjunction with present circumstances that makes for a truly captivating read. I would recommend this book to anyone. Crazy James
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Summary: the best ever
Review: This book is so good. It is a must read.
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Summary: So much for camp Green Lake
Review: There is no camp like Camp Green Lake. Situated in what was once the largest like in Texas, the dried up desert in now home to a detention center for boys. The boys that were sent to Camp Green Lake were in for the worst 18 months of their lives. Each day the juvenile delinquents would wake up at 4:30 AM to dig a hole. The hole had to be exactly five feet around and five feet deep in all directions. The Warden of the camp explained that digging holes "built character", but the main character, Stanley Yelnats, would soon find out that this was not at all what the Warden was interested in.
I would definately recommend this book to anyone who likes stories that make ou put things together throughout the novel. Louis Sachar cleverly incorperates humor, adventure, fantasy and sheer intelligence. There is no doubt that Holes by Louis Sachar deserves the Newbery Medal, and all the other awards that the novel has earned since it's debut in 1998. My only regret is that I didn't read it sooner.
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Summary: This book has holes, but they will be filled in.
Review: Stanley Yelnats is unlucky because of his no good dirty rotten pig stealing great-great-grandfather. An old fortuneteller, named Madame Zeroni, cursed him, and all of his descendants. One day a pair of tennis shoes fell out of the sky onto Stanley's head. His father is trying to invent a used for old shoes, so Stanley brings the shoes home. He is convicted of stealing the shoes, which belong to a famous baseball player. He is sent to Camp Green Lake, a work camp that is located in the middle of the dessert, instead of jail. The boys at Camp Green Lake wake up early to avoid the hottest part of the day. The holes must be five feet deep and five feet in diameter. If anything interesting is found, it must be reported to the warden. After finding something, Stanley gets suspicious. He realizes what it is and understands why they are digging. There are many flashbacks throughout the story of Camp Green Lake 110 years ago. Zero, another boy at camp, quickly becomes friends with Stanley. Stanley teaches Zero to read in exchange of Zero’s help on digging his holes. Many adventures come of their friendship, including surviving in the dessert without water and deadly lizards. This book is great for children, teenagers, and even some adults. It keeps you on edge at all times, and you will never want to put it down. I read this book in 3 days, and it usually takes me a week to read you will never want to put it down. I read this book in 3 days, and it usually takes me a week to read a book at that length. Sachar makes so many great twists in the plot that all tie together for a great ending. That is why I recommend this book.
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Summary: Read this or pay the price
Review: This is a very good book. I've read it so many times that I could recite it. The book I'm talking about is called Holes by Louis Sachar. this epic adventure is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats. He was mistaken to have done a crime which he really didn't do. He was taken to a labor camp. But this wasn't just any labor camp. This camp made boys dig holes five feet deep and five feet wide. They had to dig at least one hole every day. I hope you read this book because you will like it.
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