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Summary: Holes
Review: Holes by Louis Sachar is a great book I read in fourth grade. The book is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats. His name is very different because it can be spelled forwards and backwards with out changing the letters around. Stanley unfortunately has to go to a boy's detention center called Camp Green Lake for stealing a pair of shoes. Many other boys are there, but his best friend's name is "Zero." They have to watch out for rattle snakes, scorpions, and worst of all, yellow spotted lizards. Every day they have to dig holes that are five feet wide and five feet deep. It may not sound fun but that is what they have to do. The reason I picked this book is because it interests me with all of its adventures. If you have not read Holes pick it for your summer selections!!
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Summary: aletha
Review: I bought this book on tape a few years ago for my children. They have listened to it together and separately at least 10 times. We have bought the book since then for them to read and have given this book away to a lot of others since then. It is a story that is sure to intrigue and amuse kids and adults. It pulls you into it immediately and then keeps you there the whole way. The ending is great.
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Summary: by Shane Craig
Review: I read "Holes" for a book report in school. I thought it was a pretty good book. The main character was Stanley Yelnats. He was falsely accused of a crime and was sent to Camp Greenlake, a detention camp for boys. He had to dig a 5 foot by 5 foot hole everyday. He soon realized that he wasn't just digging to build character , but that the warden was looking for something. He made a very good friend while he was there and risked his life to help him.Together they solved the mystery of Camp Greenlake. This was a story I would recommend.
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Summary: A genius book by Louis Sachar
Review: This is an excellent book, that is aimed toward a pre-teen audience, but should be read by anyone. A creative story about Stanley Yelnats (notice the name is the same back and foward) who gets sent to a boot camp to dig holes because he is accused of stealing an expensive pair of shoes. It tells about his adventure at the camp. This book should be read by anyone who wants to read a good book. (Mostly anyone!)
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Summary: Go dig a hole
Review: Okay, even though this is a writer for the kiddies, I think he is a brilliant man. Holes is a funny, suspenseful, strange, but compelling story about a boy named Stanley Yelnats, sent to a "bad boys" camp for a crime he did not commit, and his adventures there. Nicknamed the "Caveman" by the other boys, he befriends the quirky, misunderstood boy, "Zero", and teaches him to read. The story is very weird, but funny nonetheless, and ties together very well. If you liked Holes, some other good books by Louis Sachar include The Boy Who Lost His Face, There's A Boy In The Girl's Bathroom, and the Wayside School stories. They're all so wonderful and profound, with enough humor to make it close to satire.
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Summary: Holes
Review: " If only, if only, the woodpecker sighs," Stanley gloomily sang as he was digging. How would you like to dig holes all day with no water? It is a very harsh punishment. I don't really think you would want to send your kid there unless they are very bratty.
In the book Holes there is a lot of meanness, discipline, you can learn a lot and the kids in the book can learn a lot. The people that own camp Green Lake. Which there is no lake with any water doesn't give them any water until the water truck comes. Even tho it is very hot and humid.
Part of the discipline is when the kids get in trouble, they go threw a lot of harsh and painful punishment. They had to dig holes just as big as their shovels which is just as wide and s long and it is getting kind of exact. Sometimes, they couldn't stop until late at night. Some people would even get blisters on their hands. They couldn't even see their parents until they got throne out of the camp.
You can learn a lot because it teaches you that sometimes discipline can be very harsh and painful. Some people in America only get grounded, but they have to dig very big holes. These people usually stay in this camp for about two or three years. Sometimes, the kids stay in there for their whole lives.
The kids at the very harsh camp also learn a lot. They definitely found out when they tried to run away with the truck, but they don't get very far because they run into a hole. After they hopped out of the truck they started to run way. However, they found out that when they
ran away they would go very thirsty and hungry.
The part that moved me was where the one boy almost died. When they were going up the hill they almost died. When they reached the top I was relieved. But, at the top there was water so then I was very happy.I think that all in all it is a good book, but that is my opinion. If you are the kind of person that likes a lot of meanness, and discipline y7ou should really read this book. If you don't
lke to read a lot of meanness then you should just ask people what happens in this book. You should also read the book if you like for your kids to learn a lot...
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Summary: Holes
Review: How would you like to have a no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather who has cursed your family line for all eternity because he didn't carry an old gypsy fortune-teller up a mountain and sing to her? Doesn't sound like the most desireble life, huh? Unfortunately for Stanley Yelnats, this "no-good great-great grandfather" just happens to be his. Ever since he was little, Stanley has always been getting into touble by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. This curse has gotten him into a juvenile detention camp where the Warden makes them dig a hole five feet deep and five feet wide. She says this builds "character". But Stanley knows better, and because of his family history he knows a place where he can run off to. He steals a truck to find a missing friend, but the truck crashes in one of the holes. Stanley runs away to a mountain known by his family as "God's Thumb". He finds his freind (a decendent of the gypsy) and carries out the promise to him that his great-great grandfather didn't, therefore breaking the curse. Anyway, they go to the "God's Thumb" and they refresh themselves with water and onions. They go back to the camp and find the treasure that the Warden was secretly looking for. The two boys are let go after the camp is exposed and live with there families.
This book is a great book. IT has lots of adventure, you get hooked very easily. My favorite part in the book was when Stanley and his freind find the treasure.
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Summary: Amazingly writen!
Review: This incredibly imaginative book, about Stanley Yelnats who feels the effects of alienation, is one of the best books I have ever read! I read it in two days, because it was so well written. It reads so easy and is very easy to follow. As a 16 year old, I would recommend this book for any age. I feel that anyone who has ever had a bad day(in Stanley's case, many bad days) or bad luck can relate to this book. I have read many books relating to alienation, but this is the best one which really captures the entire "rites of passage," so to speak.
Stanley is caught stealing and is given the choice of going to Camp Green Lake or to jail. He goes to Camp Green Lake(which actually doesn't have a lake), and finds out that he must dig a hole 5ft. deep and 5ft wide in every direction every day, supposedly to build character(hmm...is that the real reason?)... not my idea of fun. Stanley through his experiences at Camp Green Lake, finds friendship, and eventually acceptance for being himself, which is a wonderful message for any person.
Sachar tells two stories at once, which intertwine in a wonderfully imaginative way. One of the stories is of Stanley Yelants, and the other story is of Stanley's "dirty-rotten-no-good-pig-stealing-great-great grandfather," Stanley come from a line of people that have had bad luck, all because his great-great grandfather didn't keep a promise to an old Egyptian lady, and stole her pig(obviously this is why he earned the above title).
I had the best time reading this book, It does have one draw back...if you like lots of Action(like a Harry Potter book)you don't get that with this book, but still this is wonderfully crafted and a credit to Sachar's writing.
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Summary: An Awesome Book
Review: This book was one of the best I've read.It is a realistic fiction and mystery type of book.It is kindof long,but is worth the wait.It all starts with a guy named Stanly,who is acused off stealing shoes and is sent to a horrible camp.At this camp you have to dig holes 5*5 in an area you are asigned too.You only have to dig one and the rest off the day is yours.If you are to find something worth wild then if it is aproved you get the day off.In this book a lipstick tube is the first prize,but since you have to read it you'll just have to find out yourself.Stanly meets a kid named Zero(nickname)who is black and dosen't talk.Later in the book Zero makes a deal with Stanly that helps.At the end it is in the future where Stanly is older.This book has nice description,an awesome hook,a great story line,and action.This book is great and you should read it.
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Summary: Couldn't stop digging for more!
Review: I read this book before I gave to to my class to read. I couldn't put it down. Literally! The chapters are extremely short and keep you interested. I found it to be an excellent book for both girls and boys in the 6th to 7th grade. I was really pleased with my find.
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