Holes summary (chapter 30 - 40)

Stanley felt bad for Zero and was scared because he didn't know what happened to him. He was worrying about Zero and if he could survive he knew that Zero ran away. Since Zero ran away Stanley had to dig Zero's hole since Zero had dug a bit of his hole for a long time.

Stanley steals the truck and runs away to find Zero and go find him. There is also a new guy who came to Camp Green Lake with a nickname: Twitch.

Stanley walked towards the big thumb and thought that Zero might be there. He saw that the holes expanded over a long and far distance. He would run away and then come back, that was Stanley's plan.

As Stanley walked closer towards 'god's thumb' he found a boat. The boat had a name carved onto it. It said: Mary Lou. As Stanley looked under it the only thing he could see was darkness. He heard a noise and shouted, Hey! The voice replied weakly: Hey.

Under the boat was Zero, his face looked like an jack-o'-lantern. Zero offers Stanley some 'Sploosh' which is a jar with spiced peaches. Stanley tells Zero that he should go back to the camp, but he refuses. He looked towards 'god's thumb' and showed Stanley a thumbs up.

Zero and Stanley start walking towards 'god's thumb' and not a long time after they started walking Zero drops to the floor. As he drops to the floor he grabs his stomach. Stanley is asking what is wrong but Zero says it is nothing. Stanley thought it was because of the 'Sploosh'. But it didn't affect Stanley.

They walked further up to 'god's thumb' and along the way Stanley gives Zero words to spell. If Zero has words to spell then he will get distracted. He still had those 'attacks' where he grabs his stomach and folds over. Because of that they couldn't walk all the way in one time. They had to take breaks.

Stanley and Zero still were walking towards 'god's thumb' and Stanley thought that it was weird that they still hadn't found any water. There were tangled patches of weeds and vines. Stanley slipped and fell into a mud puddle. Then he realized that you need water in order to make mud. Stanley dug a hole into the mud and found water and an union.

As Stanley woke up the next morning there was more water in the hole he had dug out. He thought that he could go and take the shovel but he was not sure if he could make it back on time. Zero confesses that he was sorry for stealing Clyde Livingston's sneakers.

Stanley went out to find the shovel. It was easy to follow the trail and he kept on walking. A few moments later het thought that he walked past it. After a time searching for the shovel he could find it lying in some tall weeds.