Holes /
Louis Sachar.
- New York : Dell Laurel-Leaf Books, 2001, c1998.
- 231 p. ; 18 cm.
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.