There is also a film made in 2003 of "Holes".
In the film Khleo Thomas play the role of Zero (on the right side)
[This really does not fit the type I imagined while reading! I expect that Zero seems more, well, stupid than 'sweet'.]
And also Shia LaBeouf as the lead role of Stanley Yelnats (on the left)
There you can get more information about the film:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311289/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holes_(film)
[Category: Character Analysis]
A strange, rarely-really rarely- talking kid. The smallest but the fastest digger in Group D. Illiterate... Zero.
A good boy from a poor family. Fat, the biggest and new one in Group D. Optimistic in spite of unluck following him everywhere and everytime. Stanley Yelnats, Caveman.
These two opposite characters have a strange relationship in the book. Actually the amount of the days they have a one-minute-conversation is not more than "two" during twenty-one chapters I've read till now. But Stanley and Zero have something strange between them. Especially the last event, when Stanley is back from the Warden's cabin and realizes that Zero dug his hole for Stanley, shows the upward movement in their relationship. Zero, the quietest and strangest boy, feels himself close to Stanley somehow. Readers can understand that easily in 18th chapter which Zero asks Stanley to teach him how to read in.
I think Caveman and Zero will soon get along better with each other and Stanley will figure Zero's curious character/life out.
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[Category: First Impressions]
Finally I've begun reading the book! I have to say, it is clear that "Holes" won't be one of these 'boring obligatory books'. Since I've read its back cover, I'm interested in the story and it seems like I will be more interested and excited as long as I read it.
Holes written in 1998 by Louis Sachar is about a boy called Stanley Yelnats who has been sent to Camp Green Lake for a crime he did not commit. Camp Green Lake actually "was" a lake-over a hundred years ago- "now it is just a dry wasteland" [p.7]. In this strange camp children have to dig holes during the day to "improve their character" (Well, that's definitely the so called reason).
What I first liked most about the book was that: Holes has absolutely a simple language! Sachar's used a language which is neither so simple as if a primary school student has written it, nor so complicated that you have to look up in dictionary in every two sentences. You can guess the meanings of unknown words easily.
"Holes" fits just my style: Settle in your comfortable armchair and just read your book!
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There is also a film made in 2003 of "Holes". 
