I use this book for the summer reading requirement in my 7th grade Language Arts class, and the kids love it! There are so many layers here - history, issues of racism and prejudice, the importance of literacy, etc. - all woven into one a complete, satisfying story.
when i was reading holes i found the sentence WHAT THE HELL IN IT AND I FOUND YOURE DRUNK ! AND I FOUND HALLUCINATIONS IN THE BOOK but i still love it !!!!!!
Very funny, great book for anyone. This book is so great for kids. It is kind of a survival book for kids at a certain part. Kind of avoid what I just recently said. This book is really great and the movie is good too. I recommend both the movie and book.
the actual main story is ok, sometimes boring and sometimes really funny (stanley's family blames all their bad luck on a cursed 'no good rotten pig stealing great great grandfather'. when the psychiatrist tells him 'there's one person responsible for the trouble you're in (meaning stanley) stanley says 'yes. my no good rotten...) part of the history of the story, though, completely blew me away. it was about a school teacher in the West who was in love with a black man. he got hanged, and she became a criminal because of her hatred of cruel- or any- laws. twenty years later she is hunted down by a former student of hers and told that if she doesn't tell him where she hid all her stolen treasure he'll make her wish she was dead. she tells him that she'd been wishing she was dead for twenty years. the author uses simple, simple language, no flowery adjectives, and it makes it all the more powerful. an amazing book.
i think that the book was very good but for a older age. i do believe that louis should of used a little less drinking/smoking and a little better language but other than that it was realy good. =)
The book teaches you how to survive in hard conditions. There is a little violence, but overall, it is a very good book. My favorite part is when Stanley's lawyer comes and says that Stanley is free
I really enjoyed Holes as it gives you a great idea of how horrible camp green lake is, digging a hole a day 5 feet deep and 5 feet wide. I found this book quite funny because Stanley's luck just gets worse and worse.
Great book! When I read the back cover, it said it was about a camp that makes boys dig holes all day, so I thought it might be a little boring, but I actaully couldn't stop reading it! And I can't believe k3ndallschmidt said it sucked. What the heck? It was a awesome book!
I didnt like this book because it wasnt very interesting and was realy boring, Stanley goes into green lake and starts to dig holes.
i think tht holes is more for older people as ihn 15 an older.