Actually, Stanley had been impressed when he first found out that is great-grandfather was robbed by Kissin’ Kate Barlow. True, he would have preferred living on the beach in California, but it was still kind of cool to have someone in your family robbed by a famous outlaw.

a b c Mascia, Elizabeth G. (2001). "Holes: Folklore Redux". The ALAN Review. 28 (2): 51. doi: 10.21061/alan.v28i2.a.11. Mr. Sir told him he should wear one set to work in and one set for relaxation. Laundry was done every three days. On that day his work clothes would be washed. Then the other set would become his work clothes, and he would get clean clothes to wear while resting. Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys’ detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. But there are an awful lot of holes.Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake is a spinoff of Holes by Louis Sachar. As the title indicates, it is a guide to surviving the juvenile detention facility Camp Green Lake, presented in-character by the protagonist Stanley. Author Louis Sachar wins 1999 Newbery Medal;Illustrator Mary Azarian wins Caldecott Medal". News and Press Center. February 26, 2007 . Retrieved April 27, 2018. American Library Association (September 29, 2006). "Best Books for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . Retrieved March 8, 2021. Stanley Yelnats was the only passenger on the bus, not counting the driver or the guard. The guard sat next to the driver with his seat turned around facing Stanley. A rifle lay across his lap. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2020-06-15 08:04:19 Boxid IA1813716 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

Armpit's idea for the showers was intending to make them a minute longer. They ended becoming a minute shorter. Sometimes a camper will try to be bitten by a scorpion, or even a small rattlesnake. Then he will get to spend a day or two recovering in his tent, instead of having to dig a hole out on the lake. Breaking the Fourth Wall: Stanley notably asks the reader to keep an eye out for Barf Bag, who ran away, and tell him it's safe to come home.Past Winners - William Allen White Children's Book Awards | Emporia State University". www.emporia.edu. Archived from the original on October 25, 2016 . Retrieved May 2, 2018. He looked out the window, although there wasn’t much to see—mostly fields of hay and cotton. He was on a long bus ride to nowhere. The bus wasn’t air-conditioned, and the hot heavy air was almost as stifling as the handcuffs. s last day of school, his math teacher, Mrs. Bell, taught ratios. As an example, she chose the heaviest kid in the class and the lightest kid in the class, and had them weigh themselves. Stanley weighed three times as much as the other boy. Mrs. Bell wrote the ratio on the board, 3:1, unaware of how much embarrassment she had caused both of them. Yellow spotted lizards are a major plot element in Holes, and it is said that one bite from them, and you are done for. In the book, they dislike onions, are aggressive, and form nests. In reality, yellow-spotted lizards are not aggressive towards humans, and are in fact secretive, and do not form nests. Awards Stanley must have looked surprised, because Mr. Sir went on to explain that they started early to avoid the hottest part of the day. “No one is going to baby-sit you,” he added. “The longer it takes you to dig, the longer you will be out in the sun. If you dig up anything interesting, you are to report it to me or any other counselor. When you finish, the rest of the day is yours.”