this film is definetly for 17+ people!!!!!!!!!!!!! it involves sex, drugs, and smoking. i read the comments about this film on this very site, and took my kids to see it!! we had to leave after only 15 minutes of watching it.
Holes
(2000, Fiction - Adventure, Written by Louis Sachar)
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Humorous and moving story has an edge.
Themes in this book include: growing up
updated 01.22.10
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 9 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Holes was written by Matt Berman
Parents need to know that there's an edge to this humorous, moving, and sometimes violent story that children really respond to. Parents may want to talk to their children about the unfairness of Stanley's life, and the cold-hearted viciousness of some of the characters.
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Book Summary
Stanley Yelnats, falsely convicted of stealing a celebrity's sneakers, is sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention center in the middle of the desert, where the inmates are required to dig a large hole every day. Getting to know the other inmates and getting used to the grueling routine is only part of the story, though. There's a mystery behind this strange punishment that is related to a treasure and the supposed curse on Stanley's family dating back to his "dirty-rotten-pig-stealing" great grandfather. The keys to the mystery are scattered among a boy named Zero, a warden with rattlesnake venom nail polish, and a boat that is named after an onion-eating mule and sits in the middle of a dry lake bed.
Is It Any Good?
Louis Sachar's HOLES jumps around in time and place as he weaves his intricate tapestry of intersecting stories. An old Egyptian wise woman whose curse resounds down the generations, a schoolmarm whose love for a black man destroys both their lives, a boy abandoned by his mother at a playground, a girl consumed with anger and greed as she watches the downfall of her family -- when all these disparate stories finally come ringing into their places, it's like hearing the perfect orchestral chord.
Sachar pulls together this complicated story with unusual characters, dark humor, inventive plotting, and some Dickensian coincidences. The harshness of the situation is mitigated by the multifaceted mystery and by the strangely lighthearted way the author tells the story. At the end the author deliberately leaves a few holes in the plot for the reader to fill in. Sachar has a bizarre imagination, and in this vivid, many-layered book he puts it to its most compelling use yet.
Publisher’s Details
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, Publication date: 5/9/2000
Number of pages: 233, Price: $6.50 (paperback)
Read Aloud: 9+, Read Alone: 10+
Number of pages: 233, Price: $6.50 (paperback)
Read Aloud: 9+, Read Alone: 10+
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I rate this title on for age 17 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
perfect for sex and drug addicts but not for normal people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
ok
it was ok but not the best
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I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
ok
it was ok but not the best
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
A Book Based On Friendship
I really love this book because it is mostly a book on friendship. The kindness which is shown both from stanley and zero is awsome ! as a teen myself i would recommend this book from around 10+. I dont think there is an issue with voilence or sexual behaviour.
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I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
good for people who like mysteries
it is a great book with mysteries and flashbacks
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| 50% | of parents don't think the messages are positive |
| 50% | of parents don't feel there are good role models |
| 50% | of parents say there's too much drinking, drugs, or smoking |
| 50% | of parents say they notice product placement |
| 50% | of parents say the sexual behavior isn't age appropriate |
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