Karen D. (augieandlourock) reviewed on 12/4/2009 + 117 more book reviews

I really liked this book it was a great story about this teenager called Stanley Yelnats Stanley was sent to a camp along with other juveline deliquents to dig holes under the heat from the sun which was 110 degrees in the shade! They had to wake up at 4:30 am just to dig a 5 foot deep and 5 foot wide hole because everyone accused him of stealing a famous baseball player's shoes, from a thrift store. He is given a choice of going to prison or Camp Green Lake. So he decided to go to camp along with other juveline delinquents When Stanley Yelnats went to camp he thought it was going to be fun but instead he had to dig holes. They had to dig one hole 5ft in every direction for their crimes, When he was digging one of his holes he found a gold tube. He kept track of where the hole was.Stanley meets everybody at Camp Green Lake. At first he thinks a kid named Zero (Zeroni), is sort of weird. They eventually get tired of digging holes so they run away from the camp they survived from onions and dirty water. They both get to leave the Camp after they found this treasure, It was a great story I highly recommend it and the movie they made based on the Book follows the book quite closely.

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