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Winner of the Newbery Medal
Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys’ detention center, 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 an awful lot of holes,
It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realize that Camp Green Lake isn't what it seems. Are the boys digging holes because the warden is looking for something? But what could be buried under a dried-up lake? It's up to Stanley to dig up the truth.
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I read this book nine times. Nine!I really loved it. Louis Sachar was/is one of my favorite authors.One of the things that I loved about it so much was how all of the characters connected with one another.
3.5This book was actually freaking bonkers. I don't know how else to explain it.Between the child abuse and the bullying by his fellow "slaves" I really don't know how to make a proper comment. All I know is that I liked Zero from their first interactions, and that I hated everyone else. But from being creepy to understanding his curiosity and then seeing his kindness, Zero really did stand out a lot between everyone.The glimpses in the past were a delight and their little detour at the end. This whole book was just a great read. Unsettling, for sure, but that was the point. And in my opinion there couldn't have been a better ending, I can't even imagine how you could end this story a different way without detracting from its meaning. I cannot explain it right now, but in a future reread I will try to put my thoughts down better. Because this is surely a reread.