Stanley Yelnats is an unusual hero-dogged by bad luck coming from an ancient family curse. ... At the camp, Stanley meets Zero, the boy that committed the boy that committed the crime that Stanley was blamed for, for this was a fortunate event for Stanley becuase it allowed him to break the ancient curse that was bringing him bad luck. the boy that committed the crime that Stanley was blamed for. ... The curse was that Stanley's family would get bad luck but the they broke it by doing what Zero's ancestor asked Stanley's ancestor to do. ...

• Word Count: 385
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The book I read was Holes. This book was written by Louis Sachar. This novel was a novel written for kids to understand cause and effect. It was also written to show someone being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Throughout the story there is a feeling of remorse for Stanley. The reader feels b...

• Word Count: 438
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Stanley Yelnats's family has a history of bad luck, thanks to their no-good-dirty-rotten-pig- stealing-great-great-grandfather! ... At Camp Green Lake it is believed that if you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy. ...

• Word Count: 699
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In this camp, for "bad boys" as the book describes it, the attendees dig holes. ... The main character of this story is, clearly, Stanley Yelnats, a described "overweight" boy whose family has an interesting history of bad luck. ...

• Word Count: 694
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School