Stanley is the protagonist of holes, although he is an unlikely hero. Cause and effect with the treasure of green lake scholastic. The book focuses on an unlucky teenage boy who is falsely accused of stealing, so he is sent away to a place called camp green lake. More about louis sachar stanley yelnats survival guide to camp. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Read the book from the story the girl at camp green lake. The book centers on an unlucky teenage boy named stanley yelnats, who is sent to camp green lake, a juvenile corrections. A holes fanfiction by zigzagsgirl716 with 9,6 reads.
Besides the final chapter, which is really just a wrapup to bring us up to date, the action of the book begins and ends with the landscape. With this first irony of the novel, the reader senses that camp green lake is indeed a dismal place. Its enormous, and its the perfect, tiring surface for digging holes. Part i of the book is entitled, you are entering camp green lake, and consists of twentynine chapters.
At camp green lake he finds it much easier to fit in, and within a couple days of arriving already has a nickname and a few friends. Camp green lake is not a camp, its a juvenile detention facility. Holes multiple choice questions flashcards quizlet. Stanley yelnats, the protagonist, thinks that camp green lake will be like a summer camp. Stanley yelnats survival guide to camp green lake by.
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. In holes, what is the most important rule at camp green. Rattlesnakes and scorpions are horrible but nothing is as dangerous as the yellowspotted lizard, whose bite is always fatal. Stanley yelnats survival guide to camp greenlake by louis. In the book, they were seen by hattie parker a resident of green lake at the. What is the worst thing that can happen to you at camp green lake. However, there is much more to the country itself, such as amazing mountainous and coastal scenery, a myriad of exhilarating outdoor activities, incredible wildlife and wonderful coffee plantations to explore with imaginative traveller.
There was once a very large lake here, the largest lake in texas. He will leave with tremendous physical and emotional strength. The physical labor at the camp the endless digging of huge holes in the desert is exhausting for him at first, but he has the mental resilience to push through, and eventually becomes physically stronger as well. 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. Dont try to drive the water truck out of the desert. Rules at camp green lake dont upset the warden dont go near the wardens cabin dont back answer the supervisor 4 minute showers only if you find. Stanley yelnats survival guide to camp green lake is a spinoff of holes by louis sachar. Stanley yelnats survival guide to camp greenlake holes book 3. Why did you camp green lake have no guard towers or electrical fences. Holes by louis sachar is a newbery award winning book about a young boy, stanley yelnats, who is unjustly sent to camp green lake, a juvenile detention camp, where he must spend his days digging large holes in the ground. There spiders, scorpions, rattlesnakes and yellow spotted lizards which are the deadliest of all. Panama is worldfamous for its canal linking the pacific and atlantic oceans, which has had a monumental effect on world history and trade.
If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good. You will have to pairs of clothes, one for work and one for rest. Camp green lake will turn your overweight, low esteem boy into a fit, confident young man. Published by yearling, an imprint of random house childrens books a division of random house, inc. The curse on stanleys family is lifted and sneaker odor is abolished. Holes by louis sachar book summary minute book report duration. Zerohector and stanley are let out and of camp green lake and share the treasure found at camp.
It tells the story of a young teenage boy, stanley yelnats, whose family has been. What was the mood in the first 2 chapters of the book holes. 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. Camp green lake was a juvenile delinquent detention camp which had once used to be a town, located near green lake, a natural tidal lake in calhoun county of texas.
Holes is a 1998 young adult novel written by louis sachar and first published by farrar, straus and giroux. Camp creek golf club is located just off northwest floridas scenic highway 30a, just west of panama city beach. Occupants armpit theodore johnson barfbag louis caveman stanley yelnats iv magnet jose squid alan twitch brian xray rex washburn zero hector zeroni zigzag ricky. What is the most importante rule at campo green lake. Hard work activities at camp perseverance green lake.
Camp green lake was a juvenile delinquent detention camp which had once. Stanley yelnats, stanley yelnats survival guide to camp green lake, p. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In two short pages the anxiety builds to hopelessness and the. Stanley yelnats is having a miserable summer at camp green lake. Holes alphabet project a is for armpit b is for birthday c is for camp green lake d is for digging holes e is for effort f is for flower pot g is for gods thumb h is for helping i is for interdependence j is for judge k is for kissin kate barlow l is for lack of knowledge m is. The camper could be a completely madeup character or a character in the book, as long as the selected camper is not stanley or zero.
Holes is an extremely wellregarded newbery medalwinning childrens novel by louis sachar. Invite students from another class who havent read holes to act as a jury to reach a verdict based on the strength of the case each side presents. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc. Pendanski and if they give it to the warden and she likes it then you can get. Rattlesnakes and scorpions hide in the shade under rocks and in holes that the campers of camp green lake dig. There once was a very large lake here, the largest lake in texas. I made an imovie about how it is to live on camp green lake. How to survive camp green lake, a holes fanfic fanfiction. A detention camp is a place that boys with major behavior problems would be sent to correct their behavior and get them ready to return to normal society. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading stanley yelnats survival guide to camp greenlake holes book. Boys who have committed crimes are sent to camp green lake. Stanley yelnats survival guide to camp greenlake holes book 3 kindle edition by sachar, louis. Louis sachar has said that, while all his other books began with a character, holes has always been about a place camp green lake.
Camp green lake s staff and management are turned over. Designed by tom fazio, this 18hole, par 72 golf course has a significant wetland system that fazio used to accent the golf experience. What was the mood in holes at the beginning of the book. Ask students to adopt the persona of a camper at camp green lake. He is an overweight boy who does not have any friends from school and is often picked on by his classmates and the school bully, derrick dunne. The book holes takes place mostly in the present day in a place called camp green lake, but there are some flashbacks. Why doesnt camp green lake have any fences or guards. Dont worry they will be washed from time to time 4. The book centers on an unlucky teenage boy named stanley yelnats, who is sent to camp green lake, a juvenile corrections facility in a desert in texas, after being falsely accused of theft.
What happend at the end of holes the novel answers. Spiced with lots of information about the characters in holes, as well as lots of dos and donts for survival, this is an essential book for all those hundreds of. Add in there a few flashes of characters futures and this book is. Camp green lake calls the place they dig a lake, but really its all dried up. Pendanski, the tent counselor, d stands for diligent.
The things that change a camp green lake are very cleverly decided and somewhat hidden. Louis sachar is the popular author of small steps, stanley yelnats survival guide to camp green lake, theres a boy in the girls bathroom, dogs dont tell jokes, and the marvin redpost series, among many others. Stanley yelnats survival guide to camp green lake by louis sachar. This novel is about a young man named stanley yelnats and his experience at a place called camp green lake, which is a detention facility where boys are. These three periods of time merge and create a better back ground story. Shes the one who calls the shots at camp green lake, the one whose cruelty sets the tone for the camp s horrible treatment of the boys. It doesnt take long for stanley to realize theres more than character improvement going on at camp green lake. The book holes takes place mostly in the present day in a place called camp green lake, but there are some flashbacks to the past camp green lake and the old country, latvia. In summary the book holes written by louis sachar is not only one period of time, but three. Most of holes takes place at camp green lake, which is a detention camp for boys. Rules at camp green lake digging holes with stanley. It was the home of the largest lake in texas over 100 years ago. Camp creek golf club tee times panama city beach, fl. At the camp, the boys are mistreated by the suspicious owners, who force them to continually dig holes in the middle of a desert with the same width and depth.
Its about teenager stanley yelnats, who is arrested for a crime he didnt commit and sent to a juvenile detention center called camp green lake. Pendanski tells stanley early on, the person youve got to worry about is the warden. Never has the wit, timing, creativity and sensitive styling of louis sachar been better than in this miniature novel disguised as a survival guide. Stanley yelnats survival guide to camp green lake sachar, louis on. Stanley yelnats survival guide to camp green lake i enjoyed this short companion book to holes. The story floats between three ideas stanleys predicament and experiences at the camp, the descriptions. In the movie holes, camp green lake s biggest danger are the yellow spotted lizards. Stanley yelnats survival guide to camp greenlake holes book 3 kindle edition by louis sachar.