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Holes (Holes, #1)

Louis Sachar

Start date: April 1, 2014

Finish date: April 30, 2014

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March read - Ham on Rye
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April Read - What A Carve Up
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Mar 06, 2012 Alana rated it really liked it

Shelves: children-youth, in-a-series, books-to-film, mystery, comedy, newberry-medal, 1001-children-s-books

A quick, easy read, but fun and delightful. It's one of the very few where the movie is incredibly similar, and in fact, maybe even outdoes the book (gasp!). I quite enjoyed it and even though I saw the movie just a couple of weeks ago, this makes me want to watch it again.

I love the aspects of everything working out for a reason, friendship across color and economic barriers, perseverance through struggles, not going back on your word and looking out for others. Wonderful themes and a great sto ...more

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May 17, 2010 Kressel Housman rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, young-adult

It's a weird thing to say about a non-Jewish fiction book, but this story is a perfect though simplistic illustration of cross-generational hashgacha. To put it non-Jewish terms: justice ultimately gets done, even though it takes generations to play out. I read this for my own pleasure when my kids were too young for it, introduced it to my oldest, and am looking forward to doing the same to my younger ones. Their school considered it inappropriate reading, probably because of Kissing Kate, but ...more

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