Recommended by a Thayer 6th Grader in 2021
Recommended by three Thayer 8th Graders in 2021
Recommended by a Thayer 6th Grader in 2024
Recommended by a Thayer 8th Grader in 2024
Recommended by two Thayer 8th Graders in 2025
Synopsis, via Amazon:
"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 there’s more than character improvement going on 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 dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment—and redemption."
What Thayer students are saying:
"You should pick up and read this book if you like mysteries and comedy."
"I am recommending this book because it is one of my favorite books of all time, and really is the book that made me more excited about reading."
"You should pick up and read this book because it has a good story. It is one of those books that you want to find out what happens, so you keep coming back to it and you try to read it all so quick."
"I am recommending this because it is one of my favorite books and also one of my favorite movies."
"You should pick up and read this book if you like mysteries."
"You should pick up and read this book if you like adventure and surprises."
"It is a very crazy book and it has a lot of plot twists."
"You should pick up and read this book if you like character change."
"You should pick up and read this book if you like funny kind of adventure books about kids in the desert digging holes and one kid runs away and they have to try and survive. Great book the movie is even better."
"You should pick up and read this book if you like adventure and danger."
"You should pick up and read this book if you like adventure."