Holes

I was the bookworm in my family and probably still am. However a lot of my favorite books I discovered through my cousins, including the Harry Potter series. One of them was Holes by Louis Sachar. Sound familiar? There was a film based off the book starring Shia LaBeouf if that helps your memory any.


This book, hands down, is one of my favorite childhood books. It tops Harry Potter in my list, which is a pretty hard feat to overcome. If you haven't read it yet, you should.

-Wrongly accused of stealing the famous baseball player, Clyde "Sweetfeet" Livingston's shoes, Stanley Yelnats is given the choice to go to jail or be sent to Camp Green Lake. Who wouldn't choose a camp over jail right? For Stanley who blames his "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather" for getting him into all this trouble, this is just the beginning of an experience that will captivate your mind with each page. From the dry, dusty pages of when Stanley first steps into Camp Green Lake, you'll find there's more than to just "digging holes" and "building character" in this book. Louis Sachar creates a story that has layer after layer of ideas you'd never imagine to be interesting. From the boys of cabin D who Stanley will reside with, to the countless holes and endless heat, to yellow spotted lizards, to the Warden of Camp Green Lake, and to many more ideas, the twists you find in each chapter will leave you wanting to dig deeper and deeper.