Holes - Louis Sachar
By: Justin Todd
A truly ADVENTUROUS story
Major characters
Stanley Yelnats - Stanley is the books protagonist, Stanley is an overweight kid with a lot of bad luck. He is accused of a crime he did not commit and is sent to the Camp Green Lake juvenile detention center.
Zero - Zero is another camper at Camp Green Lake who becomes friends with Stanley. Zero is the best digger and all of the camp counselors believe that he is very dumb.
X-Ray - He is the leader of the group of boys at Camp Green Lake. He is small and cannot see well but, he manages to take charge and have the other boys follow his orders.
Kate Barlow - Kate Barlow is the old school teacher who robbed Stanley's great grandfather. She lived on Green Lake one hundred and ten years ago, when there was still water in it. While intelligent and kind by nature, the murder of her love Sam, turns Kate into a violent outlaw who lives on the wrong side of the law.