The book “Holes” is about a boy names Stanley Yelnats. He’s a teenage boy that lives with his parents. All the trouble started when Stanley was accused of stealing a pair of shoes donated by baseball great Clyde "Sweetfeet" Livingston to a celebrity auction. In court, the judge doesn't believe Stanley's claim that the shoes fell from the sky onto his head. And yet, that's exactly what happened. Oddly, though, Stanley doesn't blame the judge for falsely convicting him. Instead, he blames the whole misadventure on his "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather." Thanks to this benighted distant relative, the Yelnats family had been cursed for generations. For Stanley, his current troubles are just a natural part of being a Yelnats. Stanley decides to go to camp because he’s never been there. At Camp Green Lake, the warden makes the boys "build character" by spending all day, every day, digging holes: five feet wide and five feet deep. It doesn't take long for Stanley to realize there's more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. Stanley meets a boy that’s name Hector Zeroni, aka “Zero” (he got that name because he never talks and has nothing in his head). Zero helps out Stanley with his holes and Stanley helps him learn to read. The boys are digging holes because the treacherous warden is searching for something, and before long Stanley begins his own search—for the truth. Fate conspires to resolve it all—the family curse, the mystery of the holes, the drought that destroyed Green Lake, and also, the legend of Kissing Kate Barlow, an infamous outlaw of the Wild West. The great wheel of justice has ground slowly for generations, but now it is about to reveal its verdict. Stanley and Zero run away from camp and know that they can’t survive for more than a few days. If I were to grade this book on a scale from 1-10, I would give this book a 10 because it always keeps you hooked in to it. If I could change the book, I don’t think that I would because it’s good just the way it is.
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