Stanley Yelnats is falsely accused of stealing a pair of sneakers and set to Camp Green Lake, for criminal boys. Stanley is the fourth Stanley Yelnats in his family, a name that is passed down due to its palindromic nature and adds to the connection to family history. So, such inconceivable scenario smashed my first impression of that it was a book about children playing in a playground.

THE REPETITION WAS STARTING TO ANNOY ME JUST BECAUSE THE BOOK WAS ALWAYS LIKE, STANLEY THIS STANLEY THAT. For the next week and a half, the Warden has the boys excavate the area of X-Ray's supposed discovery. Shockingly, we were never forced to read the novel, but lucky for me as an adult I finally found the book and decided to pick it up.

I had no idea Sachar had even done any other work, and I was interested to see what he’d bring to the table.

OKAY I GET IT THE MAIM CHARACTER IS STANLEY BUT CAN WE AT LEAST GO 2 LINES WITHOUT MENTIONING THE MAIN CHARACTERS FREAKING NAME, LIKE FOR REAL AFTER A WHILE THE NAME STANLEY YELNATS STARTS TO GET ON YOUR NERVES. Even though he is innocent, a boy is sent to a correctional facility/summer camp where he must work out his "sentence. Stanley is rather a gentle type himself, overweight, reconciled to failure and being bullied at school. At last, after having read some books for the past few months, I read a book that bears a little resemblance to the impact William Golding’s Lord of the Flies and Roald Dahl’s Matilda gave to me before – the moment when I almost abandoned myself to the characters , when I burst into a paroxysm of anger or disappointment to the point that I cried bitterly, or when I was convulsed with laughter for gallows humor, or when I had philosophical realization I would muse over for sure. If so, you’ll love our selection of free, printable resources themed around the classic thought-provoking novel.This book is a gem for middle grade readers who want a fun story that also has a great lesson about honesty.

Sir (Marion Sevillo): One of the counselors at Camp Green Lake, he is constantly eating sunflower seeds. The narrative of Stanley’s troubles at the camp are intertwined with the background of how this dread gypsy curse came about and also with the story of “Kissing” Katie Barlow, an outlaw that robbed his great-grandfather.The story line jumps between time periods, settings, and characters, so some readers might not be inclined to stick with the adventure independently. I enjoyed how the three different storylines all came together in this one, and seeing the little bits of each one felt like discovering a gem. All the boys aligned in the hot sun to get their canteens filled with water and the guard hands Stanley's canteen back empty. He is often referred to as his "No-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather", constantly being blamed for everything that goes wrong in Stanley's life.