231 pages
English language
Published Aug. 7, 2001 by Laurel Leaf.
3 stars
(1 review)
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.
Subjects
- Juvenile delinquency -- Juvenile fiction
- Homeless persons -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Treasure troves -- Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile delinquency -- Fiction
- Homeless persons -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Buried treasure -- Fiction