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Holes by Louis Sachar

4.0

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I was pretty late to reading this book and only picked it up because I had to read it to my class during their guided reading unit. I found that the book started off fairly slow and I did find myself getting a bit bored during the first part of the book. That being said, it did rapidly pick up near the end of part one and kept my interest throughout the remainder of the book. I feel like the book could have been paced a bit better. The last half of the book felt like it went by so fast just because there was so much happening in a short period of time. Holes was also a pretty fast read as the chapters are fairly short. I know the book is intended for a younger audience however even as an adult I really enjoyed it, so I would definitely recommend reading it if you haven't already. It also has a lot of great discussion topics like racism and sexism. Definitely allows for lots of conversations.