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Reviewer: Michael M. '12

This book is about a boy named Stanley who describes himself as, "a person who is just in the wrong place at the wrong time." Stanley is on his way to Camp Green Lake. Everyday the boys at Camp Green Lake have to dig a hole as big and as deep as their shovel, but Stanley and his friend Zero get tired and run away. Can Stanley and Zero uncover the past of this dried up lake; can they prove Stanley's innocence? To find out read Holes.

I really like this book because it is exciting and has a lot of interesting characters, but it can get confusing. I recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure books.

Spring 2005

Reviewer: David W. '12

Holes is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats who is accused of stealing a pair of sneakers. He is innocent, but no one, including the judge believes how he finds the sneakers. He is sent to a juvenile detention center called Camp Green Lake. It is the furthest thing from being a camp. He and the other boys are forced to dig holes every single day. They are digging in search of something for their warden.

I recommend this book even if you have seen the movie. I really liked the book, even though parts of it are very sad.

Spring 2005

Reviewer: Lauren A. '12

Holes is a great book with a lot of sudden twists and cliff-hangers. I liked it because of the character development. Holes is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats who is sent to Camp Green Lake where boys go to dig holes if they break the law. Stanley is trying to get out of camp, and get rid of the curse from his no-good-rotten-pig-stealing, great-great-grandfather. He makes a friend with a boy who is homeless before he comes to Green Lake.

To find out about all the exciting events that happen to Stanley and his friends at the boys detention center, read Holes by Louis Sachar.

Winter 2005

Stanley Yelnats is framed for doing something that he didn't do and is  sent to Camp Green Lake to hopefully straighten out.  While at Camp Green Lake they dig holes in the desert each day looking for valuables.  In the desert, Stanley meets another kid by the name of Zero.  Zero is actually the person who commits the crime that Stanley is accused of.  Zero runs away to escape and Stanley runs after him.  While they are away from camp, they experience all sorts of adventures but decide that they should go back to camp.  On the way back they hide in a hole that has been dug earlier.  In the hole they find a chest.  If you like adventure and suspense, you should read the book to find out what happens to Zero and Stanley and what is in the chest.

Spring 2004

This book is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats. He gets caught stealing  shoes. He didn't really steal the shoes though. He found them when the shoes hit him on the head. So Stanley goes to this camp called Camp Green Lake for
his punishment. They have to dig a whole the length of their shovel everyday in  the hot weather!

After Stanley starts to get used to everything, he meets a friend.  Everyone calls him Zero. Zero then runs away after hitting his counselor. He hits him to protect Stanley and to stand up for himself.  A couple days later Stanley also runs away. He finds Zero. Then Stanley learns that the reason he is in Camp Green Lake is because of Zero. Once they get better they both go back to camp. They both find out a huge, wealthy secret.

Spring 2004

This book is filled with surprise twists and turns along with a great story. There is a boy named Stanley Yelnats VI. His family is not so rich  and he gets arrested  for stealing a pair of sneakers. His family  can't afford a lawyer so he is sent to Camp Green Lake. Their isn't a lake -- just a dried up lake bed. He isn't just digging to build character there is a special surprise at the end. Through this book you will find that it is a little different from the movie. But you will still have a blast reading it.

Spring 2004

Winter 2003

Summer 2002

Stanley Yelnats is accused of stealing and is sent to Camp Greenlake to pay for his crime.  (Yelnats is Stanley spelled backwards.) The camp's name is deceiving because there is no lake and it has not rained in over five hundred years.  Every day the boys are forced to dig holes which are five feet deep and five feet wide.  Little do they know that the camp warden is actually looking for the lost treasure of Kate Barlow.  Barlow has robbed Stanley's grandfather.  She is a notorious thief and legend has it that she buries all of her loot.  The camp warden believes the loot is buried at Camp Greenlake.  This book is jam-packed with suspense and mystery. 

Spring 2002

People think a boy named Stanley has committed a crime.  So when he is found guilty he is sent to Camp Green Lake.  Each day the kids at the camp have to dig a hole five feet deep and five feet wide. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake and it is miserable for Stanley. He finds out that the head of the camp is making them dig because she is looking for something.  I think this book is very good and exciting because it shows the struggle Stanley has at this camp.

Spring 2002

The book Holes is a great book. It includes mystery and excitement. I really liked it because every page I read made me want to read it more. I also liked it because it really tells about the characters' feelings. For example when the character was sad, I was sad too, and when the character was happy, I was happy too, and when the character was scared, I was scared too.

If I were to rate this book on a scale of 1-10 I would rate it a 9 because at the end of the book it said the reader had to fill in the holes and it didn't tell all the facts. It was a really great book, and I do recommend it!

Winter 2001

I read Holes, a story about a camp for bad boys where digging holes is said to build character. But Stanley Yelnats doesn’t think that. He thinks that he and the rest of the boys at Camp Green Lake are digging for something. Stanley hates the camp but not the boys there. He is particularly friendly with Zero who he teaches to read - and at one point, even saves his life.

What is the reason for the holes? If they are really looking for something, what is it? Find out when you read Holes.

4/14/00

Stanley, a main character in Holes, is charged with stealing. He was sent to a camp where the punishment is to dig a hole, everyday, five feet down and five feet across. Stanley meets a new friend, Zero, who does not know how to read or write. Stanley teaches Zero to read and write and in exchange, Zero helps Stanley dig his holes.

One day, Zero runs away. Stanley goes out to find him. Will they return to camp alive? Read Holes to find out.

4/7/00

I have read many books by Louis Sachar, but I think Holes is his best book yet. It is full of adventure, mystery, suspense and lots of unexpected surprises. It is also about loyalty and friendship.

If you like books with sudden twists, then you should read Holes. I really enjoyed this story.

12/1/99

I enjoyed the book Holes by Louis Sachar. It has a well developed plot in which the author fits everything together. I couldn’t put it down (except when I had to do homework).

It starts out when the unlucky Stanley Yelnats has a court case filed against him and he is sent away to camp Green Lake in the middle of nowhere. I guess that ‘s better than jail, right? Wrong! In punishment he must dig a hole five feet deep and five feet wide, supposedly to build character. But he has a hunch there was somethig else to it than just holes, hence the title of the book.

Stanley suddenly finds the mystery unraveling for him, but the answers lie beneath his reach.

11/5/99

Every day the boys have to dig a hole that is five feet deep and five feet wide. The mean counselors at Camp Green Lake say digging is just for discipline but Stanley thinks they are looking for something, something very valuable, but he doesn’t know what.

If you want a great book that gets really complicated, then fills in its own holes, read Holes by Louis Sachar.

4/19/99