Thursday, March 24, 2011

Holes- Louis Sachar





Author: Louis Sachar

Title: Holes

Publisher: Farrar, Starus, and Giroux

Date: 2000

Reading Level: 9+

Number of Pages: 233

Genre: Fiction

Summary of plot: This book is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats who sent to a camp for bad boys when he is falsely accused for stealing shoes. At this camp he is forced to dig holes all day long in the hot sone looking for treatur for the worden. The story also jumps back to the past where there is a separate story about kate and sam. Stanely's family has a curse of bad luck that can only be lifted if the relative of the which in the second story is carried to the top of the mountain where they can drink the water and a song is sung. In the end the two stories meet up and Stanley ends up being saved by Zero who is the great great grandson of one of the characters in the second story and they all live happily ever after.


Readers Reaction: I loved this book when I read it in the 5th grade and I love it now. The movie isn't bad either.

Potential Problems: Racism, both past and present, is mentioned and some violance.

Recommendation: I would recommend it to any reader who wants to read about adventure.

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