I think this book would be fantastic to read i cant wait to leave my next review!
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 3 - 8 | V | 4.6 | 47079 |
Stanley Yelnats is sentenced to dig holes at Camp Green Lake detention centre for stealing a pair of trainers. Stanley's quest to discover what he is digging for leads to danger and adventure and to a confrontation with his family's past.
Publisher: Collins Educational
ISBN-13: 9780007114511
ISBN-10: 0007114516
Published on 3/20/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
Book Reviews (481)
To answer your questions, yes, it is a long book. But, when you read it, you will NOT believe what happens at camp! Either jail, or a camp where you dig holes. I fell in love with the book when I first set eyes on it.
If I had to choose one word to describe this book, it would be: AWESOME! Hit rewind-- flashback time! The great-great-great grandfather of present day Stanley is chasing after a girl. Not just any girl, but the most beautiful girl in town. But someone else also wants to marry her- an old 60-year-old farmer! The only way to get her hand in marriage is to bring her father the largest, fattest pig. Not having something to bring, young Stanley goes to Madame Zeroni, who gives him directions to climb the mountain, and have a pig drink water from the river, while singing a special song. On the last day, he should bring Madame Zeroni up the mountain and have her drink while he sings the song. If he doesn't fulfill this, his whole family will be cursed. Stanley never carried Madame Zeroni up the mountain. Is the curse real? OK, fast-forward to now: Present-day Stanley Yelnats is an average boy, until one day fate hits him in the head. No, literally, it hit him in the head!😂 A pair of valuable sneakers fall out of the sky as Stanley is walking home from a hard day at school and the police believes Stanley stole them! He has a choice for punishment once he arrives in court: he can either go to jail, or go to Camp Greenlake. Easy decision, right? Camp Greenlake, of course! But Stanley soon figures out that this camp doesn't even have a lake! It's been long dried up. Every day at this camp Stanley must dig a 5 by 5 hole in the hard, crusty, desert ground. Not much better than jail! One boy nicknamed Zero asks Stanley to help him learn to read and write in exchange for help shoveling his hole. After Zero runs away, Stanley runs after him-- but they have no water. Can they survive, and will the curse finally be broken? And what are the holes kids have been forced to dig really for? This book was so good! The plotline flowed together, and I was hanging on the edge of my seat to read more! The story itself is brilliant, I would have never thought of it myself! 5/5❤
Amazing review, callie_b!
Holes was a book that that made me want to read more. It talks about an adventure that the main character had to find a treasure from the past that was from his ancestors.
I thought this was a really good book! I knew I would love this book,because I love the movie. I think the book was actually better then the movie. If you like adventurous books then you will love this. The story is about a boy name Stanley that gets sent to a camp for bad kids he meets a boy name zero and they become good friends a go on an adventure together. One thing about this book I dont like is the beginning of the story is confusing because it starts three different stories at once. But I still love the book 5/5🌟
I really like how this book isn't what you expect. The story unfolds to surprise me every time I started to expect the next part. The legends in the book are so important and compelling!
This was so good! I haven't seen the movie yet, but now that I read the book I really want to see it. It's so cool that it's telling like three different unrelated stories and then they all come together in the end. The friendship between Stanley and Zero is so sweet. And how you think that Stanley is friends with the other boys but then they're not really. this is such a good book and I recommend to everyone that likes to read and even if you don't like to read then find an audio book
Holes is a kind of odd book, but reading it isn't so bad. Stanley Yelnats's dad is an inventor who's failing to make a good invention, his family lives in a tiny apartment, and Stanley is convicted of stealing the shoes of a famous MLB player's shoes which were being auctioned for charity. He is dragged to Camp Green Lake, where he and other "troubled" boys are forced do dig holes to "build character". Also, his great-great grandfather stole a pig and got his entire lineage cursed, including Stanley. He learns, along with his group of friends, that the mean warden is looking for something somewhere in the area. She and her assistants have been using the boys as a cover and as their servants. Stanley and Zero, his uneducated and overlooked friend, journey to find the treasure, and Stanley goes to try to prove his innocence. This story is kind of boring, but there is some action that keeps you entertained.
Holes seems like a classic book. It is a book that I would recommend to anyone who wants a sense of adventure as they read about Stanley Yelnats IV, who is once again up to no good. Stanley is falsely accused of stealing a new pair of baseball shoes that a famous baseball player donated to a homeless shelter auction. In court, Stanley is given the choice to either go to jail or to go to a camp that builds character. When he admits he has never been to camp before, the Judge sends him over to Camp Green Lake. Yet, this camp is not your ordinary camp. You see, in Camp Green Lake, Mr. Sir, a counselor, says that if you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole in the staggering heat every day, he will become a good boy. Yup, holes in the ground! What will happen to Stanley when he enters a world filled with hole and poisonous yellow-spotted lizards? Will he survive? How will he ever escape from this camp? In fact, there is an astounding reason behind making the boys in the camp dig those holes. To learn more, you have to read this five-star book, which will leave you standing on your tippy-toes. This book was a great page-turner and is great for young readers.
I read this book in 5th grade just looking at the cover I was not so sure I would like it but I should game never judged the book by the cover the use of words are incredible this book is great for girls and boys so do not think the book is not for you this book is for anyone fember after you read the book to review it and then to watch the movie you can probably find it at your local library or rent it trust me it is worth the money please remember to like and follow if you enjoy this post I promise there will be many more like it since I love to read