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this award-winning modern classic that will remind readers that adventure is around every corner, or just under your feet!

Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his pig-stealing great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a detention center for boys, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day, digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. But there are a lot of holes.

It doesn't take Stanley long to realize that there's more than character improvement at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. But what could be buried under a dried-up lake? Stanley tries to unearth the truth in this inventive, darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment, and redemption.

Author: Louis Sachar

Recommended age: 10 years and up.