Holes (Thorndike Large Print Young Adult Seires)

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Summary: Extremely Good
Review: In this book, Stanley Yelnats is sent to Camp Greenlake (a sort of camp for juvenile delinqueints) and is expected to dig a 5x5 hole every day. He befriends a boy named Zero, and later finds how they are connected in some way.

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Summary: This is a good book but.........
Review: Read Harry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone

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Summary: A good book
Review: This book was a good page turner, witha very good plot. You'll read past your bed time with it, because it's a defenately a page turner.

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Summary: A must read for all ages!
Review: I've been a fan of Louis Sachar for many years and knew he was bound to write a Newbery award sometime. I particularly liked the way it changed from story to story, (in other words Stanley digging a hole, and the story of Stanley's "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather")for example the 1997 newbery award winner The View From Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg. It was an inventive, suspenseful book that was realistic yet somewhat a tall-tale such as his Wayside School series. One of Sachar's longer books, a must read!

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Summary: A great book to introduce literary discussion with kids
Review: Holes is an absolutely unique book for kids. It is aptly named, as the story peels back like the layers of an onion, completely unlike most linear kids literature. The characters are wonderful, but Sachar leaves them flat. The result, although it sounds awful, is a literary work as rich in discussion material and symbolic thought as Lord of the Flies.

And, man, do the kids get it. At our parent/son book group the boys were bursting with insights: why it worked, what it meant, what they thought. It was obvious that each of the boys had thought, and thought, and thought about the book. That alone is worth buying it. Plus, you'll benefit from some penetrating discussion, and you'll be surprised when your kids teach you something about this book.

And it's not just for kids. A high-school lit class could have a ball with this book. Go for it! The movie won't be half as good.

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Summary: It's a terrific book!!!!
Review: I feel this book was a real page turner. I just finished HOLES in one three hour block of time. This is a must read.

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Summary: This book is a masterpiece. You will love this book!
Review: This book was one of the best books I have ever read! I love how you are always on the edge of your seat, wondering what is instore for the kids at Camp Green Lake. This book has got even kids who don't normaly listen listening because it it is so mysteriouse. You will love this book. All teachers should read it with their class!

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Summary: It Really Makes You Think!
Review: "HOLES is a really gripping book.What I mean by this is everything Sachar says he has a super good reason for saying. Take for example "Camp Green Lake" the camp main setting of the story.HOLES tells clearly about GREEN LAKE today: a rotten place where "bad boys" go and, yesterday a wonderful place! I think if you like books you have to think about you will love HOLES!

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Summary: THis book was really good.
Review: "Stanley Yelnats, we sentence you to eighteen months in Camp Green Lake for the theft of Clyde Livingston's shoes." Stanley dug his shovel into the ground. Only 540 mone to go, and all have to be five feet deep and five feet wide in every direction. The staff said it was to "build character", but Stanley thought otherwise. When Stanley's friend Zero asks if Stanley could teach him to read Stanley agrees if Zero dug some of his hole each day. Through out the story it tells about Stanley's great, great grandfather and how he affected Stanley's life by one little mistake he made. Stanley finds out what a true friend would do unlike his great, great Grandfether when he was surposed to take Madam Zeroni up the mountain.

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Summary: I love how they were at Camp Green Lake.
Review: "Holes!"

I like the book Holes because I like how Stanley Yelnats has to go to Camp Green Lake, because it reminds me of where my grandpa grew up in Austin, Texas. I would rate this book at 4 stars because it didn't have very appropriate language, because if parents were reading this to their children or grandchildren they wouldn't want to listen, because it didn't have language that they can and can not hear till they are little bit older. I like how Stanley Yelnats is spelled, because I don't think that anybody would think of that if they were writing this book. If I would give names to the book of Holes I would make Barfbag to Kenny Ynnek and Zero to Zillion Noilliz and so on. It was funny that Mr. Sir was called mom and if I was the author of Holes, I would make it Miss Sir as the mother and Mr. Sir as the father. I really like how what the yellow spotted lizards were found in the ground and not in the trees, because normally you would find them in the trees or on ledges. What would you do if you had to dig big holes all day eighteen weeks without taking any breathers? I would fake like I fainted and not breathe and then I would go to bed or spend time in the hospital and then I don't have to dig as many holes and then I would be able to take a breather and relax. Thankyou, Howard King [e-mail]