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.

Perfect book for any teen or preteen. Not ideal for most children.

it is a great book with mysteries and flashbacks

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. =)

Holes is a educational book it says 1 cussword the H word but it is a very interesting book that teaches you lessons..

Totally LOVED it!

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 holes it sucked i had to read it for school in 7th grade yuck! i feel asleep