You, as the reader, are probably wondering: Why would even go to Camp Green Lake?
Most campers had no choice. Camp Green Lake is a camp for boys who had broken the law.
If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, he will become a good boy.
At least that was what some people thought.
Stanley Yelnats was given a choice. The judge had said, "I could send you to jail, and not lose one bit of sleep over it, but I don't know what good that would do. There is currently a vacancy at Camp Green Lake. They help troubled youth build character. The choice is yours: Camp Green Lake or jail."
Stanley's mother asked the judge if he would allow them time to think about it. He advised to think quickly; "Vacancies don't last long at Camp Green Lake."
Stanley had never been to camp.
