After being wrongfully convicted for stealing a pair of shoes, Stanley Yelnats is sent away to Camp Green Lake, a boys detention facility where inmates are forced to dig holes all day in the hot desert sun as a form of character building. As he endures the brutal routine, Stanley begins to uncover a hidden truth behind the camp—one that connects to a dangerous secret and his family’s history.
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Family
Keywords: baseball-player , based-on-novel-or-book , based-on-young-adult-novel , curse , false-accusations , mountain-climbing , suitor , juvenile-delinquent , aftercreditsstinger