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Title: Holes
Author: Louis Sachar

Introduction: Holes is the story of a boy who turns his luck upside-down.

Summary: A boy named Stanley Yelnats is sent to a juvenile detention center called Camp Green Lake, where he discovers a mystery and makes new friends.

Characters:

Stanley Yelnats - main character, cursed, forced to dig holes at Camp Green Lake

Zero - Stanley's friend at the camp

Elya Yelnats - Stanley's great-great grandfather

Kate Barlow - an outlaw who robbed Elya Yelnats

X-Ray - scariest inmate at camp

the Warden - the head of the camp who forces juvenile delinquents to dig holes

Plot:
Stanley Yelnats is punished for a crime he did not commit because his great-great grandfather was cursed. He goes to Camp Green Lake, where the Warden forces all of the campers to dig holes. Stanley and his friend Zero realize the Warden is looking for something, probably buried treasure. When they run away from the camp, they learn about the story of Kate Barlow, an outlaw who killed people and robbed Stanley's great-grandfather. Stanley and Zero return to camp and find the treasure. Stanley is proven innocent and released from camp.

Evaluation and conclusion:
I think people of all ages should read this book. It is funny, sad, and has an unexpected plot twist. I like the way the different stories in the present and the past weave together. Reading Holes will make you think about what is bad luck and good luck, and may change your perspective.

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Introduction: The Giver is a science fiction story about a boy who must choose between his pain-free life and a more colorful one.

Summary: In a perfect society, not everything is as harmonious as it seems. A young boy named Jonas discovers the joy and pain he has been missing out on his whole life and he wants to bring that to others.

Characters:

Jonas - eleven year old boy

The Giver - old man who transmits memories to Jonas

Mother - Jonas's mother who works in the Department of Justice. Not his real mother.

Father - Jonas's father who is a Nurturer. Not his real father.

Lily - Jonas's 7 year old sister. Not his birth sister.

Gabriel - a sick baby that Jonas's father brings home and that Jonas grows close with.

Plot:
Jonas lives in a "perfect" society without colors, war, or emotion. At age 12 he is given the title Receiver of Memory when he learns about the world outside from an elderly man called the Giver. He also learns about death, which nobody in the society knows about. Jonas and the Giver devise a plan to free the society from its structure and bring memories back to people. Jonas risks his life to escape and release the memories.

Evaluation and conclusion:
This is a very complicated story with lots of hidden meanings. It may be a warning against the idea of a "utopian" society because there is no such thing as a perfect society, and some people's ideas of perfect societies take away freedoms from other people. It's also about how important all emotions are, even bad ones, because they make the good ones that much more precious. I would recommend this book to anyone, especially if they are considering going into politics.