Holes

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Summary: Holes
Review: I read Holes by Louis Sacher and I loved it. I really loved how the book was so detailed on the characters emotions. It was so understandable what the charcaters had to go through.

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Summary: Holes (the great book)
Review: I read Holes in my 4th grade class with my awsome teacher. I thought that this book was going to be really stupid, but it turned out that it was the best book I've read in a long time. It is a unique book, but I think that you will really love it.

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Summary: a fun read!
Review: I read Holes last year and enjoyed the way the various stories meshed together. Louis Sachar wrote a serious story in a tongue-in-cheek way. This review is to show my students how to do an online book review. I think it's an excellent real-life publishing opportunity.

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Summary: Fantastic book....!
Review: I read Holes many times though I already knew the whole thing. Sachar gives pieces of information that you don't know what to do with and it starts to add up with things. It's not a mystery but I think people who enjoy reading mysteries would find this book amusing. I highly recommend it.

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Summary: What a traumatizing experience!
Review: I read Holes tonight after my fourth grader brought it home from school today. She had described a little bit of the plot this week and I was appalled by what she was describing. After reading the book myself, I am even more horrified that our school has used this book as a 'reading' book that the whole class did together. I came online to find out what others thought about the book and I kept finding words such as 'humerous' and 'comedic'. Somehow I missed the humor in the descriptions of anti-social behavior in most of the characters. In addition, the violence really bothered me. When the Warden purposefully paints her nails with snake venom and slaps and scratches Mr. Sir, and then calmly watches as he writhes in agony...when Mr. Sir, in turn, smashes a teens head up against an oatmeal pot and chokes him when the teen dares to notice his mutiliated face...when Mr. Sir pours out Stanleys water, when Stanley is significantly dehydrated, in reprisal for seeing Mr. Sir's humiliation with the Warden...the Warden stabs Armpit with a pitchfork and 3 holes and blood appear on his shirt as he falls into a hole up to 5 feet deep...Sam's murder...Kiss me Kate shooting the sheriff, and in a macabre fashion, kissing him with red lipstick freshly applied to her lips...Kate Barlow's black and blistered feet as she was forced to continue walking or she would get whacked with the shovel...the shooting of Mary Lou...Zigzag provoking and beating up Stanley...Zigzag smashing Stanley in the head with a shovel. This is, by no means, a complete inventory.

Now on to the ugly relationship dynamics...The abusive, traumatic dynamics between the adults in the book and the teens...and between the teens and each other. The message that adults are ignorant & unprotective (Stanley's parents), abandoning (Zero's Mom), or overtly abusive (Warden, Mr. Sir), or, if you dare trust them as one might want to do with Mr. Pendanski, they will just turn around and betray you as he did at the end (he was one of the most ruthless adults in the end).

There are too many other well-written books out there to settle for this kind of traumatic read. Just because a book is "well-written" does not make it a worthwhile to read. I will be going in for a parent-teacher conference tomorrow and I will sharing my perceptions of this book with the teacher.

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Summary: holes a good book!!
Review: I read holes two times and each time it got better! i would read it again in a heart beat. If you dont like to read it doesnt matter when you read this one, after you get done with this book you will enjoy readng much more!! if you wnat a good book go to the store and buy holes.

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Summary: For Ms. Tram-Holes is a Great Book
Review: I read Holes yesterday and loved it. It was such a terrific book.

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Summary: Holes Review
Review: I read Holes, by Lois Sachar. It is about a young boy named Stanley Yelnats. It all started with this no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather. Stanley claims he was cursed by his grandfather's bad luck. One day, Stanley is walking down the street and sneakers fall from the sky. They weren't just plain old sneakers, they were Clyde Livingston's. He is a famous baseball player. Stanley gets caught with the sneakers and it turns out that they were going to be auctioned off. The cops thought he was stealing them. Stanley got a choice to go to Camp Green Lake or Juvinille Detention. He decides the camp. When he arrives, the air is dusty and unbeleivably hot. There is no lake, nor is it green there. He soon finds out that every day you have to dig a hole that is 5 feet by 5 feet. They say that they build character but when Stanley finds something valuble, he unleashes more than his character.
The title kind of tripped me up, I didn't think that it would be worth reading but in the end i liked how the mystery is unwinded and how the characters seem to fit in better. I like how it is narrated by another person other than Stanley and I like how the warden gets it at the end of the book.

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Summary: The Best Book in The World!
Review: I read it because I liked the title of the book. Just read it about four months ago. I think the book is one of the best books ever.

There is a boy who gets hit on the head with two stolen shoes. He got in to trouble for something he didn't do. He got sent to a detention camp.

I liked the book because I liked what it was about. I also liked how it would go from one place to another.

I think you should buy this book!

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Summary: HOLES
Review: I read the book Holes by Lois Sachar. I thought it was very interesting. Stanley Yelnats is the main character. Stanley is a poor kid. So one day when he was walking home, Stanley was hit in the back with a pair of smelly sneakers. Stanley thought it was luck, but it was the opposite and it lead to a whole world of trouble. As it turns out the sneakers were stolen from a window display for a fund raiser. The person who really stole the sneakers threw them to get rid of them. Stanley was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Stanley was convicted for a crime that he didn't commit . Stanley had a choice between jail or camp green lake, naturally he chose camp green lake. Camp green lake was once a thriving town and beautiful lake, but no more the town is deserted and the lake is all dried up. When Stanley arrived at camp he was assigned to tent D, Mr. Pendanski was his counselor. Stanley met some of the guys that where in his tent. They all had nick-names. Stanley's became caveman. Out of all the guys Stanley like x-ray the best. After the being introduced they all went to work. All the campers had to dig a 5'x5' hole in the scorching sun. the counselors and Mr. Sir the warden said it builds character. All the guys said you get use to it. After a while Stanley got a letter from his mom. Stanley noticed Zero looking over his shoulder. That's when Stanley found out Zero couldn't read. Stanley and Zero made a deal, Zero would dig a part of Stanley's hole if Stanley tough Zero to read. That is when Stanley became good friends with Zero. It didn't take long till everyone including Mr. Sir. When they found out they all criticized Zero. They said he was to stupid to learn to read. That's what made Zero run. Zero ran toward the big thumb. The big thumb was a mountain only to be seen in the right time of day when the were digging holes. The big thumb was supposed to have water on the top. Stanley couldn't stop thinking about Zero. So finally Stanley went after him. So if you want to find out what happens read Holes By Louis S.