Holes

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Summary: Holes
Review: Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. Now he is sent to the boy's detention center, Camp Green Lake,except there is no lake or anything that is green. The boys there spent the days digging holes. Soon Stanley finds out that they are looking for something. Also he makes a friend, Zero. Together they go and solve the mystrey, and finds a chest with a secret.

I enjoyed reading the end of this book over and over. There is something mysterous. We find out that Zero's great grandmother was Stanley's great grandpa's friend. It also turns out that Zero finds his mother. The ending was satisfying, with the mysterous beginning.

I really like this book because it builds up the want to read more. Mr. Louis Sachar is very talented in building up suspence. Even though this book has a dark humor in this book.

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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: Awesome
Review: Stanley Yelnats isn't a bad kid. In fact, he's a great kid who never did anything wrong. But he is sent to camp Green Lake for stealing a pair of shoes belonging to a famous baseball player that were to be auctioned off to help needy kids. Did he [take] them? No. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Years ago, Stanley's great-grandfather was robbed by the famous outlaw Kissin' Kate Barlow and lost a fortune..

Even before that, the first Stanley has a curse laid on his family for breaking a promise to a elderly lady that helped him when he needed it.

Louis Sacher has managed to weave multiple stories into a masterful book that, in my opinion, is his very finest. I can not recommend this book enough. Although it is intended for kids adults should read this too. This, Wringer, and The Giver are perhaps the best ever books for kids of their type.

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Summary: An interesting adventure novel...
Review: Stanley Yelnats IV carries on the family curse, when he gets send to Camp Green Lake, a detention camp, for a "crime" he didn't commit. When Stanley arrives, he quickly realizes that the camp is not what he pictured. No lake, no shade, just lots of holes...Stanley joins a group of delinquent boys, who all wake up early to dig a hole a day in the dried-up lake bed where the camp is located. The story goes back and forth between Stanley IV and his ancestors, where we learn about the curse on his family. It's interesting moving back and forth in time and trying to figure out the exact mystery of why the boys are digging all the holes. A nice fast-moving read where everything is wrapped up in the end.

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Summary: Maria's Point of View
Review: Stanley Yelnats lives in the present in a city with his poor family. Stanley is sent to Camp Green Lake, because he was accused of stealing a famous pair of shoes from an Orphanage. When Stanley got to Camp Green Lake he was surprised to see no lake but a bunch of holes. The holes and flying dust were from the other boys at Camp Green Lake. Mr. Sir, a grouchy counselor said, "If you take a bad boy and you make him dig a hole everyday, you can change him into a good boy." So, as Stanley dug everyday, he made friends. When Stanley realizes that the warden at the Camp was looking for something, it was too late. His best friend, Zero, had run off with no food or water outside of Camp Green Lake. The next day, Stanley ran off to find Zero. When Stanley found Zero, Zero and Stanley saw a mountain. This particular mountain looked like God's Thumb. Hours later, they got to the top of God's Thumb. On the top of God's Thumb was water and wild onions. After they stayed for a couple of days, they sneaked back to Camp Green Lake. At night, Zero sneaked back into the Camp to get some food, while Stanley dug to find what the warden was looking for, treasure! Almost an hour later, Zero came back with food. After they ate, Zero went into the hole to help Stanley dig and look. Stanley was in luck, because Zero was the fastest digger in the whole entire Camp Green Lake. Will Zero and Stanley find the lost treasure? They kept digging. Suddenly, they heard a thud. I recommend that this book is great, and I think people who read this book are great.

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Summary: Holes
Review: Stanley Yelnats used to make up a camp fun and games, now he's in a real juvinile corection camp.First he does'nt make out well,soon he makes some friends.He has to dig holes in the hot sun.After getting refuge on Gods thumb, mostly eating onions and finding treasure. they go home and meet Clyde Livingston they finly have some peace and quite. if you like cliff hangers then holes is the book for you.

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Summary: Stanley Yelnats is sent to a discipline camp to dig holes.
Review: Stanley Yelnats walks out of the boy's bathroom with a wet notebook. As he heads home from school, a pair of shoes fall from the sky. Well, not exactly. They fell from a highway above him. Like somebody just threw them out their car window as they drove by. Stanley decides to take them home to his father who is trying to find a way to recycle old shoes. The next thing he knows, Stanley is in court accused of stealing the baseball payer, Clyde Livingston's shoes. "They just fell from the sky," Stanley swears. But no one believes him. Stanley is sentenced to eighteen months at Camp Green Lake. Stanley's family has never had the money to send him to camp before, so he is kind of excited. When Stanley arrives at Camp Green Lake, in Texas, he sees no lake. Just hundereds of holes across the vast emptiness. Stanley finds out that the boys at the camp dig holes. One each day. Each hole must measure five feet wide and five feet deep. "This is not a girl scout camp," yells Mr. Sir. "We build character by digging holes!" Stanley meets Zero and starts teaching him to read and write. Zero is the fastest digger, so in return, he digs part of Stanley's hole. One day, Stanley starts to wonder. They can't be digging holes just to dig holes. And, whenever something is found, the Warden inspects it. The Warden owns Camp Green Lake. She has a cabin with two trees in front. The Warden owns the shade. One day, Zero runs away fom the camp. Everyone thougt that Zero loved digging holes, but they were wrong. Stanley feels it his duty to find Zero so he runs away too. He catches up with him and they find refuge on a mountain that looks like a thumb sticking up. They find onions and survive on them for a few days. Stanley tells Zero that they have to go back to Camp Green Lake. Maybe there's a treasure buried in the dried up lake and that's why the boys dig holes. But will Stanley and Zero find their way back to camp? Will they find a treasure? You'll have to read this book to find out.

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Summary: Holes Review
Review: Stanley Yelnats was a boy who always got picked on in school. One day he was walking home from school and saw a pair of old, smelly shoes. His father had been trying to recycle old shoes so he took them. Little did he know they were Clyde Livingston's. Stanley was sent to Camp Greenlake because they thought he stole the shoes. There, Stanley had to dig a hole everyday. They had to be five feet in every direction. Stanley's friend from camp ran away and after a week so did Stanley. They found each other and headed for the Big Thumb. There they lived on onions and dirty water. They had a sack to fill with onions and water. When they made it back their plan was to dig for something that the warden might want, so they could figure out why the warden made them dig holes everyday. By working together they were able to solve the mystery of the holes.

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Summary: J's reviewDalles
Review: Stanley Yelnats was framed and went to Camp Green Lake. There he met the other boys and formed a friendship with Zero. Then they both ran off and had to come back for real water.Then they found what the Warden had been looking for for years.After that Stanley's lawyer came and got Stanley and Zero out of Camp Green Lake forever.

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Summary: A crime he didn't commit.
Review: Stanley Yelnats was framed for a crime he didn't commit. When he was walking home from school one day, shoes just fell from the sky. Actually, he walked under an overpass. The shoes were old and smelly, something his dad was looking for because he was trying to invent something that could recycle old shoes. So Stanley started running and the cops pulled up next to him and told him that those shoes were stolen. The shoes belonged to a famous baseball player. This went to court and Stanley told the judge his story. No one believed they just fell from the sky so Stanley was given a choice, jail or Camp Green Lake for character building. He had never been to camp before but this is no fun camp. There they say that if you dig a hole everyday in the hot sun, it will build character. When Stanley finds something, the Warden makes them dig at the same spot. Stanley gets suspicious what happens when you find something. Are they really digging for character at Camp Green Lake or for something else much bigger than they expected. Find out in this great book.