Holes

Reviewed By: Kenzie
By: Louis Sachar
Yearling
233 pages


Holes was written about a teenage boy named Stanley Yelnats.  Stanley was under a curse.  His curse all started with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great grandfather, this curse has followed generations of Yelnatses.  Stanley was at the wrong place at the wrong time  and had the choice of going to jail or to a boys' Detention Center.  He chose the Detention Center.  It was called Camp Green Lake.  At Camp Green Lake, there wasn't actually a lake.  At Camp Green Lake, boys spent all day outside digging holes that had to be exactly five-feet wide and five-feet deep.  They had to dig one hole every day.  They are digging for some kind of treasure for Kissin Kate Barlow, and Mr. Sir.  If they found anything they had to report it to them immediately.  If you like a book about troubled kids who need guidance in finding friends, I recommend this book to you.