The Book Depository Holes by Louis Sachar
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Brand: The Book Depository
Description: Holes : Paperback : Random House USA Inc : 9780440228592 : 044022859X : 14 Aug 2001 : Stanley's curse began with his no-good great-great-grandfather. Now he's been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center where the warden makes the boys build character by digging holes. Stanley realizes the boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. But what could be buried under a dried-up lake?. The Book Depository Holes by Louis Sachar - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
Category: Books
Merchant: The Book Depository
Product ID: 9780440228592
MPN: 044022859X
GTIN: 9780440228592
Author: mum2three
Rating: 5
Review: I bought this for my daughter, who is in year 5, as they are reading it together as a class. I thought I'd read it first. Even though it's for kids/ young teens (and personally I think 12 would be a good age to read it), I absolutely loved reading it. I even found it more enjoyable than many adult books. The plot flows well, I could really visualise it, it had twists and turns and of course, a really great ending. In true kid book fashion, the figures of authority are evil and get their comeuppance, though I don't want to ruin the story. I also watched the movie and unusually, it was practically the same as the book. I've never seen such a close depiction of a book on screen before. A few minor differences but not vital ones. Amazing. Highly recommend this book to adventure-loving kids and their parents.
Author: Ellie P.
Rating: 4
Review: This book arrived on my shelves in that roundabout way that can sometimes yield such excellent results. I noticed that there was a film called 'Holes'. I saw a book called 'Holes' appearing in countdowns of favourite novels, and even on the BBC Big Read list. A few years later, I happened to see the film. Another year or two later and I suddenly thought 'Hey, I want to read that book!' So I ordered it and voila! There it was, on my shelves. And thank heavens this wonderful process went without a hitch, because I'd have missed a treat... Stanley Yelnats is on his way to Camp Green Lake, a remote correctional facility which runs on the basis that young offenders will become better people by digging holes across the vast empty lake bed. One hole every day, five feet across and five feet deep - and for heaven's sake, if you come across a yellow-spotted lizard, run for your life, because you do not want to be bitten by one of those. In between the narrative of Stanley's stay twist the old tales that have become Yelnat family myth: that of his great-great-grandfather Elya, whose broken promise led to an elderly Egyptian woman cursing him and his descendents, and of his great-grandfather, the first Stanley Yelnats, who was robbed by the notorious outlaw Kissin' Kate Barlow and left on the desert plain to die. As the novel progresses these tales begin to echo down the years, whispering clues and engineering coincidences, until Stanley begins to suspect there's more to the increasingly sinister Camp Green Lake than meets the eye... This book has everything. A wicked sense of humour and a divine sense of the bizarre. A haunting backdrop and a weepie moment or three. A motley crew of heroes and villains sweeping across the generations. Rattlesnakes and magic mountains, onions and sneakers - oh, and LOTS of holes. Look, just take my word for it, okay? Read it!
