The book "Holes" by Louis Sachar begins with a place of Camp Green Lake, a juvenile
detention facility in Texas. Basically, it's a place for kids who have committed
crimes. Stanley Yelnats, overweight, lonely, and poor, has been arrested for a
crime he didn't commit, and he's on a bus headed for Camp Green Lake.
Stanley's arrest is just the latest in a string of bad fortunes for the Yelnats family. Turns out that several generations back, the Yelnats were
cursed by a one-legged gypsy. And over the course of the book, we get a glimpse
into some different time periods: the story of Stanley Yelnats and his unlikely
friendship with another camper named Zero, the story of Stanley's
great-great-grandpa who was cursed by Madame Zeroni, and the story of Miss
Katherine's transformation to Kissin' Kate Barlow after a failed love affair
with an onion man. In the end, all of these stories come together, and spoiler alert
Stanley Yelnats comes out on top and the underdog prevails.
detention facility in Texas. Basically, it's a place for kids who have committed
crimes. Stanley Yelnats, overweight, lonely, and poor, has been arrested for a
crime he didn't commit, and he's on a bus headed for Camp Green Lake.
Stanley's arrest is just the latest in a string of bad fortunes for the Yelnats family. Turns out that several generations back, the Yelnats were
cursed by a one-legged gypsy. And over the course of the book, we get a glimpse
into some different time periods: the story of Stanley Yelnats and his unlikely
friendship with another camper named Zero, the story of Stanley's
great-great-grandpa who was cursed by Madame Zeroni, and the story of Miss
Katherine's transformation to Kissin' Kate Barlow after a failed love affair
with an onion man. In the end, all of these stories come together, and spoiler alert
Stanley Yelnats comes out on top and the underdog prevails.