I finished reading the book - Holes - yesterday. It was the story that the Disney movie Holes was based on. And I found it really cool that the man who wrote the book, Louis Sachar, was also the person who wrote the screenplay for the movie and he played in the movie as an extra - Mr. Collingwood. Pretty cool.

The book was really fun and explained a little more than the movie portrayed. One thing that I never could figure out was why Elya Yelnats had to carry Madame Zeroni up the mountain. I thought maybe it was because she was old and couldn't walk up the mountain to the stream by herself. But, it was because she only had one leg. And for a second or two in the movie you see her sitting there and you only see one leg. I had never noticed before. She is missing part of one leg below her knee.

Anyway, I think Louis Sachar did a great job on his book and the screenplay. It is one of my favorite books/movies! I love how it's a story within a story! It's also one of Jared's favorite movies!