Title: Holes

Author: Sachar, Louis

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Stanley Yelnats has always been under the curse of his no good-dirty-rotten-pig stealing great, great grandfather. And now the curse has gotten Stanley in deep trouble. Stanley has been sent to a detention camp in the middle of nowhere where he has to dig a hole 5 feet deep and 5 feet wide every single day until he leaves. After a while Stanley finds out that there are more than holes being dug.

Rating:

The description was excellent! Just listen to these sentences. " Stanley had blisters on each finger and the center of each palm, he could feel the hot rays of the harsh sun when the sun came up over the clear horizon. He could feel each bead of warm sweat streaming down his face, each swing of his shovel felt like it weighed like a hundred pounds." That is great description!

The events made me want to read into the book because they were very exciting. For example when Stanley left Camp Green Lake and went looking for Zero, it turned into a long exciting event that had many turns. I couldn’t put the book down until I was done.

The story was very well organized. Every event that happened led into another. It didn’t bounce around from one topic to another; it stuck to the point. There were a lot of cliffhangers, and a lot of questions arose in my mind as I read.

Holes was a real page tuner. After every chapter I wanted to read on to find out what would happen next. The book had lots of questions and turns which made it interesting. I really got into this book.

The real life lessons in this book are never give up and always try your best. I think those are very important messages that we need in life.

I really liked the description and how it was a great page-turner. I couldn’t put the book down until I was done. I thought there was a spot that shouldn’t be there. When Zero left and didn’t come back for a long time, the counselors destroyed Zero’s files. I don’t think they should’ve destroyed Zero’s files. If the author removed this part it would’ve made the book a little bit shorter and less confusing. The author might not of done this because she probably thought this was an important part of the book. I think it was use less. This book had many turns and excitement. This book was GREAT! [Craig]

Holes kept me vary interested. I read the book in just one day. I was vary anxious to see what was going to happen next.

The description of "Camp Green Lake’’ was vary good. I felt like I could see ‘’Camp Green Lake’’ in my mind. I felt like I could fell the boys’ pain when they had to go out and dig holes. The title of this book was perfect because everything was about digging holes’.

There used to be a lake there, over 100 years ago, but it dried up and now it is a very hard surface. The Warden was very cruel to the boys’. She had the boys’ digging for a treasure.

I thought it was very cleaver when Stanley and his friend Zero were running away to the Big Thumb at the to of the mountain. They found onions in the ground to eat and muddy water to drink. The onions were from onion John. He would make medicine to make people feel better. This part of the book was suspenseful. It seemed like they would not survive this situation.

I enjoyed when Stanley helped Zero how to read. They helped each other, Stanley helped Zero read and Zero helped Stanley Dig his hole. At the end when the Warden was caught lying about the suitcase that Zero and Stanley found.

Stanley and Zero were released. Stanley was found innocent and Zero’s files were destroyed by the Warden because she thought she was dead. This allowed Zero to be released. [Brett]

This book could have been more interesting, if they didn’t always talk about what Stanley Yelnats did at Camp Green Lake. I think he should have said what Stanley did once or twice.

This book could have had better events if h didn’t always talk about Stanley had to dig a hole every single day. There were some good events that I liked,

Like when Stanley digs his first hole. He became so sore that he couldn’t a hole the next day.

This book had a couple cliffhangers. They left me thinking about what was going to happen next, like the part when Stanley was going to leave the camp because of the warden.

I like the beginning because Stanley was under the spell of his evil stepmom. The beginning I think was better than the middle and the end. The beginning of the book got me very interested.

This book had interesting characters because they all played a part in the book. For instance, when the author talks about all of them digging holes. [Shawn]

The story was a real page-turner. I didn’t want to put the book down. At the end of a section it always left me wanting more.

It was very descriptive. For example the author described the characters so perfectly that it felt as though the characters were standing right in front of me. An example of that was when the author described the other boys in the detention camp, such as Zero and X-ray.

The introduction was just as good as the description. It felt as though I lived every moment up until the story began.

The characters could have been more interesting though. They weren’t too exciting except for a few parts in the story. The boy who hit the adult with the shovel then walked away was one of the only exciting parts in the story.

The ending left me aching for more. When I finished the book, I wished the story kept going. [Marc]

Holes had a very interesting introduction. After about the first page it was great.

Holes kept my interest. It was good at the beginning. The middle slowed me down a little, but the end was great.

The description was good. I think some parts could have been more descriptive. Like when Stanley found Zero.

Holes was well organized. I like how it did not jump around. Some parts were confusing though. Like when Stanley and Zero were climbing up the mountain.

The events were exciting. My favorite was when Stanley found the suitcase. [Ryan]