Reading Journal

Title: Holes
Author: Louis Sachar
Genre: Adventure, Satire
Publication date: 20 August, 1998
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Rating: 3/5
I have read the handout (21 pages)

Vocabulary words:
perseverance: steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc.,in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
neglected: to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight.

3.What is the setting? When? Where? How important is the setting to the story? What effect doe it have?
The setting is in Camp Green Lake. Camp Green Lake is in Texas. Its very important to the story. It is described in a sad way, where nobody wants to go. Stanley Yelnat
got the choice of being sent to jail or go to Camp Green Lake. He chose Camp Green Lake. At Camp Green Lake the conditions were terrible. He and some other kids had to dig a hole every day.