by Shreya Challa 10A
Title: Holes
Author: Louis Sachar
Genre: Adventure fiction
Rating: 4 stars
Recommended for: ages 9 and above
Reviewer: Shreya Challa

Do you ever feel like you're under a curse and nothing goes right? Stanley Yelnats feels like that everyday. And it all started with his great-great-grandfather! Why? Ever since his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather insulted a gypsy, almost nothing has ever gone right for the Yelnats.

So, of course, when Stanley gets arrested for stealing shoes from his sports hero even though he is innocent, he blames his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather. But nobody believes he's innocent, so he gets sent to Camp Green Lake, where there's no lake. There was, a long time ago, but it soon dried up.

The rule at Camp Green Lake is to dig a hole exactly five feet wide and deep. The shovel is your measure. But soon it's evident that the Warden at Camp Green Lake is not just making bad boys good...she's looking for something. But what could it be?

I really enjoyed the book. The author, Louis Sachar, writes about the past alongside the present, so the reader doesn't read everything from Stanley's point of view. The book has some pretty good jokes and overall I find the book amazing! As usual, Louis Sachar's writing is amazing- despite being crisp and straightforward, the writing takes the reader all the way to Camp Green Lake.
Other books that Louis Sachar has written are Wayside School, Wayside School is Falling Down, the Marvin Redpost books, etc.

I really enjoyed Holes and it is a very entertaining, interesting book. I recommend it to ages 9 and above and can't wait to read more Louis Sachar books!