Holes by Louis Sachar is a great read. I would know I read it eight times!

The book follows Stanley Yelnats and Stanley may be the hero in this book, but there’s nothing heroic about him. He’s overweight, ugly and picked on. When he gets caught in a crime he did not commit not only does he blame his no- good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great- great –grandfather, he’s also blaming his luck. When he has to choose between jail or Camp Green Lake, Stanley picks Camp Green Lake. He’ll be finding about his luck after all. There’s no lake at Camp Green Lake just holes. You heard me, holes! If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole that’s 5 feet wide and 5 feet deep in the blazing sun that bad boy becomes a good boy. After a while those boys realize character isn’t the only thing they’re digging. The Warden is looking for something, and Stanley will find it before anyone else does. I recommend this book for kids 10 and up. It’s a great read if you want something different. It’s genius writing and I love it! 5 out of 5!

Chuck Taylor