<b>The iconic multi-million bestselling novel from Louis Sachar. Hilarious, inventive and wonderfully compelling, this is an unmissable modern classic.</b><b></b><br /> <br /><b>WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL</b><b><br /> </b><b>WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD</b><br /> <br />Stanley Yelnats&apos; family has a history of bad luck, so when a miscarriage of justice sends him to Camp Green Lake Juvenile Detention Centre (which isn&apos;t green and doesn&apos;t have a lake) he is not surprised. Every day he and the other inmates are told to dig a hole, five foot wide by five foot deep, reporting anything they find. Why? The evil warden claims that it&apos;s character building, but this is a lie. It&apos;s up to Stanley to dig up the truth. <br /> <br />Witty, inventive and completely unique, this is a masterpiece of storytelling that combines sly humour with irresistible, page-turning writing.