Zero is my favorite. T Tyler Top 50 Reviewer 3 reviews. Report this review Comments 0 Was this review helpful? March 08, When I first picked up Holes, I had no idea how deep this book would really be.
It's realistic fiction, yes, but interspersed with almost fairy-tale like elements that keep the realism from being too gritty. It's hard to read at times because of how much you feel for Stanley and his plight, but stick with it and you will be amazed at how all the various plot threads come together.
This is storytelling at its finest, miraculously clever, and fully deserving of all the hype and awards it has garnered. And the best part is, it hasn't aged a day. If you have never read this one, you have a "Holes" shaped-hole in your heart that needs filling. Highly recommended. January 10, All titles are located on the 3rd floor in the Curriculum Lab of the Library.
Winners In The A modern classic. Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep.
When the novel did not come together as he had planned, he quit working on it and began Holes , which was published in and won the Newbery Medal Award. Sachar has received many prestigious awards and honors for his writing. Sachar has an office over the garage of his house where he goes to write each weekday morning. No one is allowed in his office except Tippy and Lucky. After about two hours of writing, Tippy taps him with her paw or barks to remind him that it is time to quit writing because the dogs need a walk.
Sachar has a strict rule that he adheres to when he is writing a book: He does not talk about it. Most of the time, his wife and daughter don't have any idea what he is doing in his office.
Sometimes, Sachar spends an entire month just brainstorming. After he has written five or six drafts of a book, he lets Carla and Sherre read it, listening to their comments. When Sachar is not writing, he loves to play bridge and tennis. He also enjoys other games, particularly video games, pinball, and basketball. Exercise is important to Sachar, but the oppressive heat in Texas has curtailed his outdoor running.
His dislike for the heat ignited his imagination and was the starting point for Holes. Sachar continues to write fun books, hoping to increase his readers' ability to empathize with others and, as a result, become more caring people.
Holes Newberry Medal Book. Louis Sachar. This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. View all copies of this ISBN edition:. Synopsis About this title A darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment Stanley Yelnat's family has a history of bad luck, so he isn't too surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to a boys' juvenile detention center, Camp Green Lake.
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