Holes by Louis Sachar

Read for: Leisure
Rating: 5

I thought this was a great book! It was fun to read and also a quick read. I saw the movie years ago when it first came out, but never got around to reading the book until now (not my usual order of doing things, but I was young and impulsive) so I knew how it would all turn out. However, I thought it was still exciting to watch the plot unfold and to make all the connections between Stanley's great great grandfather and the life of Stanley at Camp Green Lake. A book where the reader discovers all sorts of connections like that is my favorite kind of book. I especially loved how all the connections weren't explicitly stated. For example, when Zero tells Stanley that his real name is Hector Zeroni, Sachar doesn't go into long detail about how Zeroni is the same name as Madame Zeroni from all those years ago with Stanley's great great grandfather.

From what I have experienced, younger students love this book and I can understand why. There is a memorable cast of characters, a semi-mystery, danger, and it is just a fun read.