On 2010-03-07 W. Chen, Reno, NV United States wrote: Wow. Just finished reading this engrossing fairy tale. I was totally unprepared for the lynch mob killing of sweet Sam for kissing a white girl, and the gruesome death of Kate Barlow who was tortured ´until her feet were black and blistered´ and whenever she stopped walking, she was whacked with a shovel. Although I enjoyed the characters, their development, and the creative intertwining story lines, the dark undertones of child enslavement and malicious adult oppressors (who don´t mind children dying) are very disturbing. I can´t believe I almost read this to my 3rd grader! Definitely not recommended for young children. A high schooler or adult would better appreciate the dark humor of this story. . And summed up by saying Beware of lynch mob killing and torture of lady outlaw.. Currently Holes has an overall rating of 8 over 10.
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Yearling claimed Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnats. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys´ detention center, Camp Green Lake, where 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. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment--and redemption.
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