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Reader reviewed by Erin

There is one word I can use to describe this book: WOW! It is one of my favorite books in the world.

It's about a boy named Stanley Yelnats who gets off easy for stealing some shoes, even though he's not the one who stole them. He gets sent to a camp where they make you dig holes out in a dry lake. The warden says it's to punish the boys and build character, but she makes them do it for a whole other reason all together. I don't want to give the reason because it will give away the whole story.

At the end of the book, Stanley runs away with a friend (named Zero) to a mountain called God's Thumb. As you already know, dry lakes don't have water, so they find water on the mountain, and that's the only way they survive. As I said before, I highly recomend this book no matter who you are.