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Summary: Cursed by their Ancestors?
Review: WOW--Summer camp was never like this--fortunately! How could crooks get away with it all those years: false imprisonment, exploitation of child labor, psychological cruelty, even physical torture and destruction of state records? Poor Stanley--fat, a social pariah, falsely accused of the theft of some smelly sneakers. Then sentenced to 18 months of digging holes in a dried-up lakebed in the Texas boonies. Why, it's enough to make you want to spit! No one would choose a loser like Stanley Yelnats IV to be the kid to break the system. Or a gypsy curse. But how long can we blame our ancestors for present problems and our own failures? Can a jinx truly be inherited? Why are the kids Really up at 4:30 a.m. to dig holes 5 feet deep? Is more than just "character" being molded in the desert? But this social flop will undergo a physical and mental makeover at barren Camp Green Lake. So how can he make friends among the state's worst juvenile bullies and hoodlums? Stanley's misadventures at this correctional facility will keep readers fascinated predicting future events, pondering the past, as well as in stitches just trying to interpret the odd clues. You'll trip over multiple coincidences like discarded dirt mounds, but Sachar's dry wit and generous dialgoue alleviate literary thirst. This book is a delightful winner--for kids of all ages!
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Summary: CURSED BY THEIR ANCESTORS
Review: WOW--Summer camp was never like this--fortunately! How could the crooks get away with it all those years: false imprisonment, exploitation of child labor, psychological cruelty and physical torture, poison, destruction of state records, etc? Poor Stanley--fat, social pariah, falsly accused of the theft of some smelly sneakers; then sentenced to 18 months of digging holes in a dried-up lakebed in the Texas boonies. Enough to make you want to spit! No one would choose Stanley Yelnats IV to be the kid to break the system. Or a gypsy curse. But how long can we blame our ancestors for present problems and our own failures? Can a jinx truly be inherited? Why are the kids Really up at 4:30 am to dig holes 5 feet deep? Is more than just "Character" being molded in the desert? But this social flop will undergo a physical and mental metamorphosis at barren Camp Green Lake. How can he make friends among the state's worst bullies and hoodlums? His misadventures at this juvenile correctional facility will keep readers fascinated, guessing future events and in stitches, trying to interpret the clues. You'll trip over multiple coincidences like discarded dirt mounds, but Sachar's dry wit and generous dialogue alleviate literary thirst. This book is delightful, for readers of all ages!
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Summary: Whole - Complete
Review: Yep. It's just that good. Every school in this country is reading this book. Every booklist recommends it. Every child has or will know its plot before they grow old. It is simple. It is a classic. It is brilliant. It is "Holes". So what's the big deal about this story? Anyone reading the plot will puzzle over the commendations it has received. In it, Stanley Yelnats (note that his name is spelled the same, backwards and forwards) is sent to Camp Green Lake for a crime he did not commit. At a detention camp in the middle of a desert, Stanley must dig a hole as long, wide, and deep as his shovel every day. Along with his compatriots he seems to be searching for something. But what? The book follows Stanley, a fat white boy, and the variety of different kinds of people he finds himself encamped with. After reading this book, my husband commented that it is a small encapsulation of white America's current state of slavery and the apologies we should make. At first I couldn't see it. Now I can. In the climax of this story Stanley carries Zero, an African American youth abandoned by his mother, up a mountain fulfilling a curse placed on the Yelnats from generation to generation. The camp itself is simply a slave state for kids that no one wants or cares about. Themes of illiteracy and assumptions about what people can and can not learn are brought up. The book is deceptively simple. It reads particularly well for young readers but contains themes and thoughts larger than I thought you could place in a book so small. It will not date. It will only grow more interesting over time.
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Summary: My 3 hour car-drive to visit my aunt read!
Review: Yes, I read this book in the CAR, for 3 hours, and finished it when we got to my aunts. There were times when I got a headache because I can get car sick very easily and just wanted to put the book down, but I couldn't. This book makes you fall in love with the characters, and make you feel sympathy for poor Stanley. Even though this book is about Stanley and his adventure at Camp Green Lake (which isn't your typical camp at all), my favorite character was a boy named Zero, whom Stanley decided to help teach him how to read and write, in exchange that Zero digs half of Stanley's hole. I have no idea why Zero was my favorite character, I guess he had that special weird something about him that I just quite couldn't get, and those are the characters I like best in a book. Holes has everything a book needs to be excellent, and a must read for all, even though it is like a fourth grade reading level!
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Summary: One of the best books ever
Review: Yesterday(4/30) I saw the movie "Holes" with my mother. I honestly loved the whole movie. On Saturday (4/26), my sister told me to take some books home from college for her. On the way home, I read "Holes". It was fascinating. Before I went to bed at 11pm,I had finished the whole book. I just couldn't wait to see the movie and picture these actors in these roles as I read the book. Anyone who is anyone should pick up a copy at their local library and read it. It will make you feel like a little kid again.
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Summary: Very funny but many strange happenings
Review: You can tell that this is written by Louis Sachar because it uses Louis's funny ways. You never know what's going to happen in a Camp Green Lake in which you just dig holes. The couselors beleive this experience will turn these kids around.It's called Camp Green Lake but there's no lake. Hope you enjoyed the book too!! It was Terrific.
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Summary: The greatest story!
Review: You cannot put it down! This book had me up for hours, and just when I was about to put it down I opened it and started reading again. This book is about could happen problems that are funny. I sugjest you read this book because I know you will love it. It is a book that anyone would want to read. If I could, I would give it a higher rating.
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Summary: it is an ausome book
Review: you have to read it if you havnt oh your soooooooo unlucky kay so read it and buy it or just lose apart of youre life wholy it was soooooo ausome you have to read it come on im 10 years old and i lve it so much you have to read it come on i love reading and i say you should buy this book right now come on right now~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~It is the most ausomest book in the world i think can we do any better with the book i dont think so,so buy it come on one copy of a book not that much money hey im recomending it and dont forget im 10 years old like beat that come on any one want to even try to say this book isnt good well i wouldnt think that i wouldnt think that at all so come on you know it's one of thoose things you have to buy just to get it out the way.
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Summary: Holes
Review: You have to read this book; this book is exciting and funny. This book is about a kid called Stanley Yelnats who is sent to a boy's detention center for stealing a pair of sneakers from a famous baseball player but he really didn't. He is sent to Camp Green Lake where the boys have to dig holes 5 feet wide and 5 feet deep. Nobody knows, but the boys there are really digging for something the warden wants. But what could the warden want? READ THIS AMAZING BOOK FOR THE ANSWER !
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Summary: The Best Part of Holes
Review: You may not know it, but Holes was one of children's most favorable book according to the Sunday Paper book review. Holes is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats who is accused of commiting a crime. He is sent to a camp where the warden makes the bays dig holes. The warden is in search of a particular item. This is Stanley's punishment. If you like adventure books and Louis Sachar's books, you will love reading this. This is a book that will take you on an unforgettable adventure. Recommended for ages 9 & up.
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