Sunday, July 1, 2012

Holes (Thing 1)

We read Holes by Louis Sachar. It's about a boy named Stanley Yelnats (Yelnats being Stanley spelled backwards). Stanley's family has a curse, thanks to his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather. When Stanley is accused of stealing a famous pair of shoes, he's sent to Camp Green Lake, which is a juvenile detention center. As he arrives there, he's surprised to see that there is no lake. Instead, he's forced to dig holes where the dried up lake used to be with other kids who committed some sort of crime. At Camp Green Lake there's only one rule: do not upset the Warden. Soon, Stanley realizes that the Warden is looking for something. And he wants to find out what it is that the Warden is looking for.

I would give this book


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It keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire time and has plenty of mystery.

For our activity we watched the movie of Holes.

2 comments:

Dr. Mark said...

I always love your book reviews. You know how to tell me just enough to get excited, but not too much so as to give it all away. Great review! And it was fun to read the book and watch the movie together.

Boquinha said...

I agree with Daddy. How perfect that you're now writing book reviews for the library's newsletter! It was VERY fun to read this book together as a family. I love that we started it on our Harry Potter World trip. :)