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The book I read was Holes. This book was written by Louis Sachar. This novel was a novel written for kids to understand cause and effect. It was also written to show someone being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Throughout the story there is a feeling of remorse for Stanley. The reader feels bad for what he must go through. The novel takes place at a boys’ juvi center in the middle of a dried up lakebed. Most of the story is set in present day. Which is in the late 1990s. The main characters of this story are Stanley Yelnats. They are both temporary inhabitants of Camp Green Lake (the juvi center). The main types of conflict present in thi