Holes by Louis Sachar Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Holes
Book Review: Compelling and intelligent
Summary: 5 Stars
I wanted to read this book since my daughters' read it for English Literature at school when they were twelve, I didn't get chance until now but it was as good as I hoped.
The short and to the point sentences lure you in and you won't want to put it down (but with 240 pages hopefully you won't have to.)
The boys at Camp Green Lake (where the lake long ago dried up) have to dig every day. We learn mostly about Stanley and how he came to be there and about how he and his family have always blamed their bad luck on his no 'good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather'. Stanley soon learns how in a place like Camp Green Lake you have to work out how to fit in.
Amusing, poignant and cleverly written.
If anything is likely to make you believe in fate it will be this book
Book Review: Drew from Lake Tapps, WA says, "Can't put the book down"
Summary: 5 Stars
Holes, by Louis Sachar, is one of the best books I've ever read. It's exciting, interesting and keeps me turning the pages. Louis Sachar uses really cool characters in the book holes. Here's some of the ones I like: Zero and Stanley. A character I don't like is the warden. She is mean and only cares for herself.
Stanley Yelnats is a bigger kid who gets picked on a lot at school and his father was an inventor. But when a pair of Clyde Livingston's (a baseball player) shoes fall from the sky and hit Stanley on the head, Stanley's life was never the same. The cops caught him for stealing. The cops said he had a choice, go to jail or go to Camp Green Lake. Stanley was going to Camp Green Lake. But there's a small problem, there's no lake! So now Stanley has to dig holes in a really hot desert with lizards that can kill you and diamondback rattlesnakes, Stanley has to be careful.
My favorite part of the book is when Stanley gets in a truck and tries to drive away. I liked it because it was cool and when Stanley tried to drive away he accidentally drove in to a hole. Then Stanley got out of the truck and ran far away.
I thought it was really cool how Louis Sachar changed the time from the present, to a long time before the present. At first I thought the plot was kind of confusing then I got it and thought was really cool. This is what I think helps make the book so good. If you read this book or have read this book, you will probably think so to.
I like a character named Zero. He can dig holes really, really fast. He is always done digging his hole first. But he also doesn't know how to read or write. I also like him because he is nice to Stanley. He also was waiting for his mom one day and she never came back. So I kind of felt bad for him.
I recommend this book to readers who like books when they can't stop turning the pages. There's some action and it's one of the best books I've ever read.
Book Review: Friendship and Adventure
Summary: 4 Stars
Stanley Yelnats is under a curse and it all began with his "no-good-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandpa." Stanley is sent to Camp Green Lake for an surprisingly unjust crime. This was a hot, sandy camp where all you do is dig holes and make sure you don't get bitten by a yellow spotted lizard. There used to be a lake but it dried up. Stanley's first few days were not what he expected it to be. The kids treat him like dirt, and you need to build your reputation and earn a nickname. His first friend there was a boy with bushy, curly brown hair named Hector Zeronie. His nickname was Zero. Everybody thought Zero was stupid, but he just didn't want to answer their stupid questions. One day the counselor insulted him and Zero hit him in his face with a shovel, leaving a deep red mark. Then Zero ran away. Everybody thought that Zero couldn't survive in the desert, but Stanley thought he was still alive. So the next day Stanley runs away too. Read the book to find out what happens to Stanley and Zero.
I liked how this book gave a background story about the lake. I also thought it was surprising when I found out that Stanley got sent to camp because of Zero. I would recommend this book to people who like books about friendship and adventure.
Anthony T.
Grade 6
Ms. Kawatachi
Book Review: Great entertainment
Summary: 3 Stars
Holes
Have you ever been in a place that is super hot well in the book Holes by "Louis Sachar", young boy goes to a camp which is located in the desert. Stanley Yelnats is young boy whom goes to a camp of kids who don't want to go to jail but go to this camp instead. This camp makes all of them boys realize their mistakes. Stanley had to learn how to make friends without him making the wrong friends who might make him somebody he doesn't want. Stanley makes new friends and a lot of money. One dislike of this book is that I didn't really understand if when Madame Loiselle gets to go to the mountain. This book is really is interesting and really funny.
Book Review: HOLES
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the best books
I ever read..
It all started with a boy named Stanley who is walking home and these shoes with the marking x on them fall out the sky into Stanley hands. Stanley family has a cruse on it from his great great grandfather. Now Stanley gets caught with those shoes has to go to a camp called Camp Green Lake. When Stanley gets there he gets all type of friends but, at that camp you have to dig holes everyday. There's a reason why they dig though, the warden who runs the camp is looking for buried treasure.
this is a really good book