Holes by Louis Sachar
What a very clever and enjoyable book! Sachar creates a story that is imaginative and far-fetched but yet simply believable. I know there could be no detention center for boys that would have such a strenuous "character building" program but Sachar paints a picture that is so believable. I enjoyed the way Stanley, Zero and "the Warden's" lives were connected in the story. You even start to blame Stanley's no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather for all Stanley's troubles. This story is a folk tale gone awry but still carries a strong message of friendship and responsibility.
I also enjoyed the movie, which stayed true to the storyline of the book. Only the slang used in the conversations between the boys was introduced to show a more current story. If given my choice between the book and the movie I would definitely say the book was better in that it treated the flashbacks of Stanley's great-great-grandfather in more detail as well as Zero's tragic life.
Sachar received the Newbery Award for Holes. He has written other books as well as the Marvin Redpost and Wayside School series. He has a new book about Armpit, one of the characters in Holes, entitled Small Steps as well as Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake. Obviously the readers of Holes would like to enjoy more adventures from the characters they grew to love in Holes.
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