“this was a pretty good book! Why would zero steall baseball cleats? like he had no money and couldn't even plaay sports!”
“Summary: this story is about a boy who has really bad luck. He gets framed for stealing a pair of shoes and is sent away to a camp for his punishment. At this camp they are forced to dig holes for their punishment. He befriends a boy in the camp and they eventually both end up running away. The story talks about their time on the camp and their survival in the desert after running away.Reason Chosen: I think this story is hilarious and awesome. I loved everything about it and think almost everyone would enjoy it. The story line is awesome and is does a greatt job of bringing the audience in. It is one of those books you get caught up in and you just need to know what happens. Use in Classroom: I would definitely use this book as a classroom read aloud. I think it would be perfect for bring the audience of the students in when reading this. It is a very funny story and the kids will definitely enjoy hearing the story.”
“Why do some people believe in curses?”
“Yes there is a sequel. It is called Small Steps.I am going to be reading that one after I finished Holes for the 3rd time.”
“Holes is about a boy names Stanley Yelants, who is accused of stealing a pair of famous shoes. He was sent off to Camp Green for 18 months. Camp Green Lake was a detention center for monors. It was a dried up lake where adolescents were sent to build character by digging holes. Stanley met friends at this camp, some were nice and there were some that were not. Later in the book, Zero, Staanley's friend has run away from camp. Stanley does not know if he is dead or alive. Stanley tries to seak off from the camp in the camp's truck to find Zero. he ends up driving the truck into s hole. he jumps out the truck and taakes off running in the direction as Zero had run earlier. Surprisingly, Stanley finds Zero. They came up with a plan to sneak back to the camp and dig for the hidden treasure. They found it, but they were caught by the camp leaders. The treasure ended up belonging to Stanley yelants. Stanley's lawyer came just in time to take him from the camp. Stanley was not the person that had stolen the shoes after all. Zero was able to go along with them. The camp leaders were arrested for not having a very efficient camp. The characters in the book were mentioned by their nicknames. I loved how Sachar did not reveal the ethnic race of the characters until about 80 pages into the novel. Even after he did, they were not mentioned again, therefore you were able to place a judgement on a particular character because of ethnicity. The story is told in third person. The novel was broken into short chapters, which allowed good breaking points for the reader. One significant detail about the book is that readers may have trouble understanding the shift from the present time in the story to the past. To me the book was very long and drawn out at the beginning. I learned that the best of the bok was yet to come. I would use this book to teach making connections. ”
“ there's a sequel?”
“the plot of this book had a hole in it”
“It's gripping, funny and has a great twist. :)”
“The book is better than the movie, but the movie actually did justice to the book, which is rare.”
“I read the book and saw the movie and the book was sooo much better than the movie!!”
