Holes

Holes is my FAVORITE book. I know, it has 50 chapters, but some are less than a page long. I have read this 3, no 4, times each time I think I have finished it in 3 days. I hope you will go and get the book and read itin less than 3 days!

Seires: This is not in a series.

Title: Holes

Author(s): Louis Sacher

Age Level: My brother (who is 9, almost 10) read this, but I would suggest it for 10-16

Target Audience: Mainly boys (probably) BUT after all, it's my favorite book and I'm a girl!

Stars: 5

Violence: 1/4

·       Talks of an outlaw from a long time ago and the woman outlaw killing people

Pages: 233

Main Characters:

      Stanley Yelnats (Caveman)

      Zero (Hector Zeroni)

      X-ray

      Armpit

      Squid

      Magnet

      Zigzag

      Twitch

      Mr. Pendanski

      Mr. Sir

      The Warden

About The Main Characters:

Stanley: The main character in the book. He is a Camp Green Lake    for no reason. The shoes just fell from the sky. And he didn't know who they belong to. How could he know?

Zero (Hector): This kid is not an American (don't ask me I don't       remember). He wants to learn to read and he doesn't like to answer questions.

X-ray: This (obviously) is not his real name (I think it's Theodore). He   seems to be in charge of all the boys.

Armpit, Squid, Magnet, Zigzag, and Twicth: These are not there real names. These are some of the other boys.

Mr. Pendanski: How you prononce this guys name is 3 simple word  said right after the other, 'pen dance key'. He is in charge over all   the boys above.

Mr. Sir: Is pretty much in charge over everybody (except the       Warden).

The Warden: SHE runs the camp. Stanley knows shes looking for something, but what?

What I Think About This Book:

      I LOVE Louis Sacher books. Everyone I have read I have enjoyed. But This one espically, is my favorite.

      This book has some bachground of Stanley's grandfather, but what I think is REALLY cool is how the whole 2 stories meet together. And everything turns out right at the end.

What It Says In The Cover (Bascically what's on the back of the book):

Stanley Yelnats's family has a history of bad

luck, so he isn't surprised when a miscar-

riage of justice sends him to a boys' juvenile

detention center, Camp Green Lake. There is

no lake- it has been dry for over a hundred

years- and it's hardly a camp: as a punisment,

the boys must each dig a hole a day,

five feet deep, five feet across, in the hard

earth of dried-up lake bed. The warden

claims that this is a pointless labor that bulids char-

acter, but thats a lie. Stanley must try to dig

up the truth                                   

I would recommend this for youth/teens/preteens.

Enjoy

  Abrielle Lindsay