Holes

If you were at Camp Green Lake and could choose your own nickname, what would it be? 

Evy (5): "Maple Tree"

Gabe (8): "Cool Kid"

Julia (10): "HP (for Harry Potter)" 

This book tells three different stories. One about Stanley and the boys at camp, one about Katherine and Sam, and one about Stanley's "no good, dirty-rotten, pig-stealing great great grandfather." Which one was the most interesting to you? Why? 

Evy: "I like the pig one. He carried the pig up the hill and sang the song, 'If only, if only, if only...' " 

Gabe: "The pig-stealing great grandfather. Madame Zeroni was funny."

Julia: "Stanley at camp because it had more details, and it was mainly the story. I liked the Pendanski guy. He was hilarious in it." 

Mom's Notes: The big kids have seen the movie, and this has been on our "to read" list a few years. We're all glad we finally got around to it. The weaving of the three stories in this book is done so well that it really is a hard one to put down. Last Saturday we all snuggled up in the backyard to watch the movie projected on the house. It is a fantastic film adaptation that so effectively captures the hot, dusty, hopeless, then hopeful feel of the book. (And the script matches up to the book almost word-for-word much of the time.)