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A mix-up sends Stanley Yelnats to a camp for boys who break rules. The boys must dig a hole each day. The camp’s head says the work will make them better people. More holes fill the dry lake bed as they dig. Stanley learns more about himself. He finds out the camp’s true purpose and why he is there.

Louis Sachar wrote this tale for young readers. It deals with friendship, the strain of setbacks, and the will to keep going. It asks how much people can shape their own luck. Christina Anghelina translated this edition from English into Romanian. The book won the Newbery Medal. It also won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.