camp green lake · holes · stanley yelnats · zero · desert setting · friendship · resilience · coming of age · loyalty · adventure
The sun beats down on Camp Green Lake, where a new arrival, Brian, replaces the vanished Zero. At the lunch table, Armpit, X-Ray, ZigZag, Magnet, Squid, Stanley, and Twitch gather. Twitch taps his fingers rhythmically, his eyes gleaming with manic energy as X-Ray probes his past. The air is thick with heat and suspicion.