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Holes by Louis sachar - review

'It's full of adventure and questions and had me up reading for most of the night, desperate to find out what happens'

I would call this book ... weird. It's really unusual, but it's amazing at the same time!

Stanley Yelnats has been sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention center for boys. But the boys at Camp Green Lake have to do an unusual thing. Every day they have to dig a hole, five feet deep and five feet wide. Camp Green Lake calls the place they dig a lake, but really it's all dried up. It's enormous, and it's the perfect, tiring surface for digging holes.

The first hole's the worst.
No, the second.
Actually, the third.

Every day it seems to get tougher. But soon, that stops. Stanley gets used to it, and although the days are swelteringly hot, and their water bottles are normally empty, the holes start to get easier.

He's made friends. Pretty much, anyway. Stanley's known as Caveman. Then there's Armpit, X-Ray, Magnet, Squid, Zigzag and finally Zero. Odd, mysterious, Zero. He hardly ever talks. Stanley's desperate to figure him out. And soon enough, he gets the chance. Stanley get Zero are stuck together. On the verge of death.

I would give this book 9/10 and strongly recommend it for anyone who's looking for something a little different. It's full of adventure and questions and had me up reading for most of the night, desperate to find out what happens. So please, please read this book!

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