Stanley Yelnats

And like Stanley Yelnats in Holes, Alton has a kind of patient courage that allows him to piece together the truth about his family and free himself from the cycle.

The Cardturner by Louis Sachar 2010

Based on the best-selling book by Louis Sachar, Holes stars LaBeouf as Stanley Yelnats (get it?), a congenitally unlucky adolescent who gets sent to a hellish camp for delinquents after being falsely convicted of stealing a pair of cleats.

Landing in Hollywood Hogan, Michael 2007

As further evidence of his family’s bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself

bookclubs, bookclubs, bookclubs! « 2008

My son’s enjoyed the movie “Holes” in which the main character was Stanley Yelnats, another palindromic name. on 08 Jul 2005 at 9:55 pm6Dare Furor

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Dogged by bad luck, Stanley Yelnats (Shia LaBeouf, left) and Zero (Khleo Thomas) are forced to dig a hole every day in order "to build character' in Walt Disney Pictures' new movie based on the Louis Sachar's award-winning novel, "Holes."

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