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About Holes by Louis Sacher Chpts. 1-5
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Uploaded | This story is called Holes. The boys in the story have to dig holes. | |
Uploaded | Stanley was sent to Camp Green Lake. It is a camp for boys who get in trouble. It is not a fun place! | |
Uploaded | Stanley Yelnats got in trouble. Some people thought he took shoes that did not belong to him. | |
Uploaded | The shoes belonged to a famous baseball player, Clyde Livingston. Stanley found them. The police thought he took them. | |
Uploaded | When bad things happen to Stanley’s family, they say it is his great-great-grandfather’s fault. | |
Uploaded | His family tells this story. Stanley’s great-great-grandfather stole a pig from an old lady. | |
Uploaded | The old lady was mad. Stanley’s family thinks she makes bad things happen. | |
Uploaded | Stanley thinks about his dad. His dad is trying to make something to help old shoes smell new. | |
Uploaded | Staley remembers the police put handcuffs on him. He couldn’t move his hands. He rode in a bus to Camp Green Lake. | |
Uploaded | Camp Green Lake did not have a lake. It was not a nice place. It was hot and dry. | |
Uploaded | Mr. Sir is a guard at the camp. He eats sunflower seeds. He is very mean. | |
Uploaded | The boys at Camp Green Lake dig holes all day. Mr. Sir says digging holes will make bad boys turn good. It is hard work. | |
Uploaded | Stanley gets a bottle for water and only 2 pairs of pants and 2 shirts. This is not a fun camp. | |
Uploaded | Mr. Pandeski is a counselor at the camp. He takes Stanley to his cabin. Stanley meets some other boys. | |
Uploaded | Stanley meets some of the other boys. They have funny names like Armpit, Squid and X-ray. | |
Uploaded | The last boy he meets is called Zero. He doesn't talk very much. | |
Flickr | What will life at Camp Green Lake be like for Stanley? |