As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.

Ages 10 and up.|||RL: 4.5|||660L Lexile|||juvenile

Louis Sachar.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.6 7 28081.

Newbery Medal winner, 1999