Holes

In Holes, the boys at Camp Green Lake are forced to dig holes as a form of punishment and character-building. However, the true motivation is the warden's hidden agenda to find a buried treasure...

In Louis Sachar's Holes, Stanley Yelnats makes several key discoveries at Camp Green Lake. Initially, he finds a gold tube, likely a lipstick case belonging to Kissin' Kate Barlow. Later, Stanley...

Fate and destiny play an important role in the story. Stanley and Zero were meant to find each other to break the longstanding family curse. Stanley was destined to end up at Camp Green Lake, which...

Stanley Yelnats is the protagonist of Holes. He is initially an overweight, unlucky teenager who is wrongly convicted of theft. Throughout the novel, Stanley shows resilience, kindness, and...

In Holes by Louis Sachar, Zero proves himself to be good at mathematics when he quickly calculates the total number of capitals and lowercase letters in the alphabet (without even being aware of what...

Stanley does not stop digging his hole early in Holes. Instead, Zero offers to dig part of Stanley's hole in exchange for reading lessons. This arrangement causes tension among the boys, who feel...