Holes By Louis Sachar

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My book report was on the book Holes by Louis Sachar. The main character is a 14-year-old boy named Stanley Yelnats. Stanley is framed and accused of stealing a famous athlete shoes, when they flew from the sky and landed on him. Stanley is given the option of either going to jail or a special camp for troubled boys. The camp is called camp Green Lake and is described as a fun summer camp. When Stanley arrives to camp green lake he realizes it’s in the dry dessert in the middle of nowhere and there is no lake.
At the camp the boys are required to dig one hole a day, because they are looking for treasure for the Warden. The Warden is a mean woman who is in search of treasure that she believes is hers. Stanley believes he is framed because of

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