Holes by Louis Sachar
My name is Rya. I am in middle school and I enjoy reading, writing, swimming, and backpacking.
Stanley Yelnats always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. According to his father and grandfather, it is because of his “no good, dirty rotten, pig-stealing, great-great grandfather.” After that grandfather forgot an important promise, he and all of his descendants became cursed for eternity. One instance of Stanley unintentionally doing something wrong is when a pair of the famous baseball player, Clyde Livingston’s shoes fall from the sky onto Stanley’s head and he is accused of a crime he didn’t commit. As a punishment, Stanley is sent to Camp Green Lake. Everything there is the rusty color of dirt, and there is certainly no lake to relieve the boys of the hot sun. Each day, each boy is to dig one hole. Mr. Sir, Mr. Pandanski, the Warden, and the camp counselors, claim that the boys are digging holes to build character. But Stanley can’t shake the feeling that they are supposed to be looking for something. While at camp, Stanley befriends everyone in Group D, Squid, X-Ray, Armpit, Magnet, and Zigzag. Everyone except the outlaw, Zero.
Holes is an intriguing book by Louis Sacher, an author who is able to take a haphazard subject, and write an interesting story about it, as he did in Holes. The outline of the story seems frayed at the beginning of the book, but throughout it all of the ends are tied together, forming an amazing story that makes perfect sense.
