Holes Book Report Essay

I chose Holes by Louis Sachar for the book that I would save if I could only save one book. Although I read it about eight years ago, I have very fond memories of this story. I remember when I was about eight years old, my family and I listened to the audiobook while we were waiting for the Fourth of July fireworks to start. It is a small event, but I have not forgotten it yet, and I am not sure that I will anytime soon. In addition to the fond memories of reading and listening to this story, the movie, starring Shia LaBeouf, is one of my all time favorites. I watch this movie when I am sick, when I am happy, when I am sad, I watch it every chance that I get. Both the movie and the book brighten my mood whenever I watch or read them. Holes is a feel good story about a teenage boy, Stanley Yelnats, whose family is cursed. Stanley’s “no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather” promised a Gypsy, Madame Zeroni, that if she would help him win over a girl, he would carry her up
In addition to that, I hope my glog was able to give the readers a vision of the characters and the setting so that they can really visualize this story while they are reading it. My glog uses quotes and is able to represent the theme of fate in a way that is easy to understand. Although my glog was able to show all of these things, I believe that I should have gone more into depth and made it less monotoned. I believe that Holes by Louis Sachar is an important book to save. The message of everything turn out well in the end is very important to give people optimism. As a result of reading this book, a person that is going through a rough patch will be optimistic that everything will turn out alright. I hope that like me, people that read this book will have very fond memories of this book and be able to truly embrace the story and message of Stanley Yelnats and his friends and