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Summary: A Wonderful Jigsaw Puzzle
Review: This story is definitely Sacher's best. It tells the fun but deep story of a boy named Stanley Yelnats (spelt the same frontwards as backwards) who goes to a correctional camp, blamed for something he didn't do. It's all because of his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather. You see, the Yelnats are cursed to be unlucky because a Yelnat slighted a fortune teller a century before. The story goes from this young man to Stanley at Camp Green Lake to the town of Green Lake before the drought, gradually filling in the hole of the story's many questions. At the end, it's a perfect jigsaw puzzle. It is immensely satisfying, and deserves its Newberry Medal. It's beautifully written, not long and pretentious or short and abrupt. You don't actually notice the diction much; you just see what Sachar is describing. Camp Green Lake is my favourite part, because the other boys are such great characters: there's an established hierarchy, a reject named Zero whom Stanley befriends (and who becomes a key in lifting the curse on the Yelnats), and each boy has a nickname. The acceptance Stanley feels when they nickname him also is so lifelike. These children behave the way most tough kids act, and you'll remember them months after you first read HOLES.
All in all, it's a terrific book for anyone - part mystery, part romance, part adventure, part humour, part fantasy and part realism. Read it - you'll be glad you did.
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Summary: Louis Sachar's BEST book ever
Review: This story is full of catches.You'll want to read more after every chapter. At Camp Green Lake, you would think that it is a camp, with a lake that is green. WELL it's not!!! It's a Juvenile Detention Facility, with dried up land, that used to be a lake. It has identical holes all around it. In Stanley Yelnats' case, it's not easy to build a 5 feet deep 5 feet across hole everyday. Just read and find out the suspense in this awsome book!!!
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Summary: The Holes Review
Review: This story is really great. I liked how Sachar kept hitting me with questions so I would keep reading. In this book, there are a lot of holes--- that is a big thing to know. The writer always switched into 3 worlds to keep you guessing. All three worlds are connected and confusing. At the ending, there are so many questions to be answered, but guess what? There are not many answers.
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Summary: Excellent Multicultural Story
Review: This story is so excellent. The reader really gets to understand and sympathise with Stanley. There is actually a double story that all comes together in the end. This multicultural book is a "must read" for young adults and adults.
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Summary: A great summer read for youngsters!
Review: This story puts an emphasis on continuity. All through the book, you will realize that most things that the author lingers on or describes have to do with something later on. Although the book starts out with the main character, Stanley Yelnats IV, the story really begins when a gypsy woman puts a curse on Elya Yelnats. Elya goes to America, gets married, and has a son named Stanley. (Yelnats spelled backwards) Stanley I made a fortune in the stock market, but then lost it all when the Wild West outlaw Kissin' Kate Barlow robbed him in the deserts of Texas. Through luck (or fate), he survived by "taking refuge on God's thumb," a phrase which has perplexed his family for years.
Fast forward to today.
One day, Stanley IV is walking home from school, going under a highway overpass. When he gets to the other side, a pair of shoes fall from the sky and hit him on the head. Suddenly, a police car pulls up, and he's arrested for stealing the shoes, which belong to a famous baseball player. The judge finds him guilty of a crime he didn't commit (the curse again), and gives him two options: jail, or Camp Green Lake, a reformatory for "bad boys." The story soars from there.
As you read the book, you'll notice the cleverly woven plot created by the author. Another thing the author did well is pass time. If there is a part in the book where Stanley works for hours, a sudden flashback will occur, entertaining you and helping pass the time while Stanley labors.
The only unfortunate thing about this book is it is quite linear. For some logical guessers, halfway through the book, you can make a good guess on what will happen.
This is an excellent "pass-the-time" or summer reading book.
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Summary: The antagonist of Holes by Justin and Matthew
Review: This story takes place in a desert in Texas, but Stanely somehow got there. He gets there and gets told what to do. In the past Stanley's great-great grand father susosedly stole a pig and became cursed, and ever since every Stanley Yelnats has been in the wrong place at the wrong time. The first Stanely was robbed by Kiss'n Kate Barlow. There are many obstacles that Stanely had to overcome. The worst obstacles were lacking water, Camp Green Lake, and Mr. Sir. The first obstacle was lacking water. He didn't have water for three days. The second obstacles was Camp Green Lake. He had a hard time getting somewhere else that had water. The last obstacle was Mr. Sir. Mr. sir. was mean and cruel to all of them. These were just some of the obsticles he had to overcome. I think this is a great book that anybody would enjoy. It shows how the past connects to the future in many ways.
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Summary: Holes Critique
Review: This story talks about these Stanley And his adventures at Camp Green lake. I've never read any story like it before. I like how the author makes you imagise how hot it is and how Stanley and the boys at Camp Green lake must feel. Louis Sacharpahts a good picture...
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Summary: 2GOOD2BTRU! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Review: THIS TRULY DOES DESERVE THE NEWBERRY MEDAL. THE STORY TWISTS AND TURNS, GOING BACK, AND FORTH- WHILE ALL COMING TOGETHER. THEN THERE ARE SOME UNINPORTANT AND UNANSWERED QUESTIONS I AM CURIOUS ABOUT, LIKE WHO WAS THE "ORANGE BLOB" IN THE WreckROOM?AND DONT' LET THE SENTENCE "THERE IS NO LAKE AT CAMP GREEN LAKE CONFUSE YOU. IT'S ALL PART OF THE TWISTS AND TURNS.
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Summary: stay still and you won't get bitten
Review: This truly is the best book I have ever read. It was a detailed story about a boy dealing with the curse of his family. The author wrote things to make you think one way when it was really something else. That made it exciting to read. Also, there was the mystery of Stanley's friend Zero whose mother disappeared. Unfortunately, this is never resolved.
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Summary: An interesting read, for both adults and children.
Review: This very entertaining, very unusual book will keep you hooked from beginning to end.
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