Holes Louis Sachar

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I read the book Holes, the author of the book Holes is Louis Sachar and it has 223 pages. The book Holes took me a month to read the whole thing. What I learned from the book Holes is that if you are having some bad times in your life you are sure to have some good times coming along your way. To expand on that in life sometimes bad things happen such as running short on money, having a loved one die and maybe politics. In the book it says one of his grandfathers was cursed by a voodoo doctor, but in time Staney, the main character finally was rewarded greatly by treasure and his with his father's inventions working. He had to go through a lot of things though such as be accused of stealing and sent to a JUV camp, always be thirsty and

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