Stanley Yelnats is sentenced to dig holes at Camp Green Lake detention center for stealing a pair of sneakers. His grandfather tells him it is because a curse of bad luck that's in the family, which all started because of his no-good, dirty, rotten, pig-stealing great-great-grandfather. ... read more
Stanley Yelnats is wrongly accused of a crime and is sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile correctional facility. When Stanley arrives at Camp Green Lake, he learns that the lake is all dried out. Stanley is forced to dig out holes each day to "teach him discipline and character".
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“Stanley could hear his heart beat. Each beat told him he was still alive, at least for one more second.”Narrator
“A lot of people don't believe in curses. A lot of people don't believe in yellow-spotted lizards either, but if one bites you, it doesn't make a difference whether you believe in it or not.”
“His muscles and hands weren't the only parts of his body that had toughened over the past several weeks. His heart had hardened as well.”
“"If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs, "The bark on the tree was just a little bit softer." While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely, He cries to the moo-oo-oon, "If only, if only."”
“If only, if only, the moon speaks no reply;Reflecting the sun and all that's gone by.Be strong my weary wolf, turn around boldly.Fly high, my baby birdMy angel, my only.”
“This ain't no girl scout camp!”Mr Sir
“My name is Mr. Sir. You shall call me by my name”Mr. Sir
Part One: You Are Entering Camp Green Lake
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Part Two: The Last Hole
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Part Three: Filling In The Holes
Chapter 50
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