Holes: By Louis Sachar

 Holes: By Louis Sachar

I first read Holes when I was in sixth grade. I have not thought about it since I first read it. I recently learned there is a movie and I decided to watch it. After watching the movie I think the book is better. The book left a lot of details up to imagination and the movie obviously took that away by showing those aspects. That isn’t the issue though. The issue is the movie didn’t show them well. This made me think about how good the book actually was and that’s what this blog is about, not the movie.

Holes is about a kid named Stanley Yelnats. Stanley gets sent to a kids correctional camp called Camp Green Lake where he and others have to dig holes in the desert. This is only what people think though. What is actually happening is that they are digging for something under the dirt with only the camp director knowing. I remember being kind of surprised how it all worked out at the end and how it made sense even though you didn’t really see it coming.

The book actually had a very interesting back story. It explains what they are unknowingly digging for. Why the camp is called Green Lake despite there not being a lake? It also explains the history of the former town that was there long before the story took place. My writing style doesn’t give justice to how interesting the book is and how well Louis Sachar did writing it. 

Coming back to holes was like getting back on a bike. No matter how long it has been, you still remember how fun it is and start up where you left off. The story was creative and well written, the characters were memorable, and everything tied together so it made sense in the end. I strongly recommend this book to others if they want a fun and interesting book that comes together at the end. Thank you for reading.

-Alex Deschler

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