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One of the best books ever. Gets better every time, too!
Read it aloud to my kids aged 7, 10, & 14, & they couldn't get enough! ...more
Read it aloud to my kids aged 7, 10, & 14, & they couldn't get enough! ...more
I had heard of this book and I think I even bought a copy for my nephew, but I don't often read YA books. Then it became available as an audiobook on Overdrive, and I decided to download it to listen to while I do needlework. It's quite a story. A prison "camp" for boys. Stories about ancestors. A buried treasure. A long-ago love story. And friendship. Overweight and bullied, Stanley Yelnats is assigned to Camp Green Lake when he is wrongly convicted of stealing a baseball player's shoes that we
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All I have to say about this book is this: Why didn't I read this years ago? Why haven't you already read it, too? It is quirky and funny and suspenseful and thoughtful and touching.
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4.5 stars.
It was almost EXACTLY like the movie, except in the movie, Stanley is chubby and loses weight over the course of his stay at Camp Green Lake.
The writing style was really fun, and it was just an overall great read, just like the movie was an over-all great movie.
It was almost EXACTLY like the movie, except in the movie, Stanley is chubby and loses weight over the course of his stay at Camp Green Lake.
The writing style was really fun, and it was just an overall great read, just like the movie was an over-all great movie.
I'm glad to see this book on the summer reading lists of many junior high schools. Subversive and exciting, Holes includes great characters and plot, and best of all is set at a punitive youth camp! Here is an author who really knows his audience. And adults will love it too!
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Aug 01, 2009
Erin
marked it as to-read
May 31, 2011
Jen
marked it as to-read
