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This was a great, economical adventure. Sometimes I find YA to set the quality bar too low, but this is a shining example of a story told well for a young audience, without sacrificing artistry. In fact, I preferred the YA angle on this tale, because in a novel for grown-ups, the descriptions of how bad the camp was, and the abuse from other inmates, would have gone on for, like, 150 soul-crushing pages. Sachar keeps it efficient, giving us enough detail so we know how bad conditions are, but wi
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When Stanley Yelnats is found guilty of stealing a pair of shoes, he chooses to serve his sentence at Camp Green Lake because it seemed a better option than jail. Stanley expects the worst, and it's all because of his "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather!"
At Camp Green Lake, Stanley finds no lake and no green, only an endless desert where he must dig a hole five feet deep and five feet wide every day.
Sachar takes on a variety of social problems in this novel, but does it ...more
At Camp Green Lake, Stanley finds no lake and no green, only an endless desert where he must dig a hole five feet deep and five feet wide every day.
Sachar takes on a variety of social problems in this novel, but does it ...more
John Matthew read this for our library's youth book club and the rating is his. He really enjoyed it. I started reading a few chapters to him each night, but he would take the book and read more on his own. So, the next night, when I would read again, I would pick up where he had left off and have gaping "holes" in the story. I am glad he liked it so much.
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I seriously had doubts about this book, mostly because everyone who saw me reading it said that it was one of their favorite books ever. And these people are librarians. What sort of book can live up to that hype? Well, Holes. I can't say that this is my favorite book every, but I highly enjoyed this book. Stanley and Zero are the perfect anti-heroes and I can imagine that this book would be very appealing to any younger teens (especially boys, especially slightly misfit-y boys).
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