Holes by Louis Sachar
Stanley Yelnats isn't too surprised to find himself at Camp Green Lake, digging holes in the dried up lake bed, day after scorching day. After all, his family has a history of bad luck.
The boys at Camp Green Lake must dig one hole each day, five feet deep and five feet across. But what are they digging for? Why did Green Lake dry up? And what do onions and lizards have to do with it all? The answers lie in Stanley's own past...
The boys at Camp Green Lake must dig one hole each day, five feet deep and five feet across. But what are they digging for? Why did Green Lake dry up? And what do onions and lizards have to do with it all? The answers lie in Stanley's own past...
While I was doing work experience in a library recently, I was stocking books and in the process, I read a title on a book spine. It was 'Holes' by Louis Sachar and it immediately became apparent that this title was exceedingly familiar to me.Why was the book's title familiar, but not the author? Simple, I had watched the film years before and was now looking at the very book, which it was based on. I was very excited at this for I relish comparing books with their films/TV programmes counterparts.
Stanley Yelnats gets wrongly convicted of stealing a pair of shoes-which were shortly going to be auctioned off for charity- and happened to be the famous basketball player Clyde Linvingston's shoes. After all, who's going to believe that the shoes fell from the sky-like Stanley claimed?
Stanley is sent to Camp Green Lake and is assigned to group D. The other boys, which occupy group D, all have nicknames like "Armpit" and "Squid". They soon nickname Stanley "Caveman" and he doesn't mind, for he feels he is excepted by them.
Digging holes in the dried up lake is quiet dangerous for the boys, as rattlesnakes,scorpions or the extremely feared yellow-spotted lizard could be lurking nearby. The work is hard, but luckily if anyone finds anything of interest, they can show it to the warden and possibly get a day off from being a victim of the scorching sun. Stanley finds an interesting fossil, but is surprised when apparently it is not classified as what the warden is looking for. Thus leaving the question-what is the warden searching for?
Some problems arise in the camp for Stanley, which he naturally blames on his "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing grandfather." Every time bad luck plagued the Yelnats, they believed it had to do with the curse, which was put on the entire family because of their "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing" relation.
Stanley befriends Zero-usually a mute person by choice- and together, they solve the great Kate Barlow mystery. Kate Barlow's life story was tragic but wonderful and it is significantly connected to Green Lake and the camp which was made on it.
I enjoyed the consistency of the book and how it flowed in an interesting manner. The story behind the Yelnat's family curse was expertly entangled within the crevices of the story. Not only that, but the characters were also relevantly connected by their histories.
The mystery aspect of the story was enchanting- every snippet of information grudgingly told, led to the reader longing for more.
A beautiful easy-read and I highly recommend it.
Digging holes in the dried up lake is quiet dangerous for the boys, as rattlesnakes,scorpions or the extremely feared yellow-spotted lizard could be lurking nearby. The work is hard, but luckily if anyone finds anything of interest, they can show it to the warden and possibly get a day off from being a victim of the scorching sun. Stanley finds an interesting fossil, but is surprised when apparently it is not classified as what the warden is looking for. Thus leaving the question-what is the warden searching for?
Some problems arise in the camp for Stanley, which he naturally blames on his "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing grandfather." Every time bad luck plagued the Yelnats, they believed it had to do with the curse, which was put on the entire family because of their "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing" relation.
Stanley befriends Zero-usually a mute person by choice- and together, they solve the great Kate Barlow mystery. Kate Barlow's life story was tragic but wonderful and it is significantly connected to Green Lake and the camp which was made on it.
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I enjoyed the consistency of the book and how it flowed in an interesting manner. The story behind the Yelnat's family curse was expertly entangled within the crevices of the story. Not only that, but the characters were also relevantly connected by their histories.
The mystery aspect of the story was enchanting- every snippet of information grudgingly told, led to the reader longing for more.
A beautiful easy-read and I highly recommend it.
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