Holes Holes by Louis Sachar's is a cool book. Stanley Yelnats is an unusual hero-dogged by bad luck coming from an ancient family curse. He is overweight, and unlikely to stick up for himself when challenged by the class bully; even though he is a really big kid for his age. He was in the wrong place, at the wrong time when a stolen pair of shoes lands on him after being thrown over an …showed first 75 words of 371 total…

…showed last 75 words of 371 total…Stanley's ancestor to do. Then Stanley finally found out that Kate Barlow, a famous robber had buried her treasure on the lake.and that is what the warden had looked for the whole time. Stanley was freed and his horrible curse was broken. I liked how the author combined 3 stories in to one by telling about the past and present. Louis Sachar's made the story interesting adding an interesting twist with the curse being broken.