"If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy." Such is the reigning philosophy at Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention facility where there is no lake, and there are no happy campers. In place of what used to be "the largest lake in Texas" is now a dry, flat, sunburned wasteland, pocked with countless identical holes dug by boys improving their character. Stanley Yelnats, of palindromic name and ill-fated pedigree, has landed at Camp Green Lake because it seemed a better option than jail. No matter that his conviction was all a case of mistaken identity, the Yelnats family has become accustomed to a long history of bad luck, thanks to their "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather!" Despite his innocence, Stanley is quickly enmeshed in the Camp Green Lake routine: rising before dawn to dig a hole five feet deep and five feet in diameter; learning how to get along with the Lord of the Flies-styled pack of boys in Group D; and fearing the warden, who paints her fingernails with rattlesnake venom. But when Stanley realizes that the boys may not just be digging to build character--that in fact the warden is seeking something specific--the plot gets as thick as the irony. Ages 9 and up.
<<洞>>是一部令人惊奇的作品。她既是一部极其优秀的青少年文学作品，又能够使成年读者为之怦然心动。她集1999年的美国国家图书奖、纽伯瑞文学金奖、《号角》杂志优秀儿童文学奖、亚马逊网络书店20世纪50部最佳儿童书等荣誉于一身，在文学内涵和艺术技巧等诸多方面完全当之无愧于世界一流的文学作品。<<洞>>讲述了一个有着浓郁传奇色彩的悬念故事：少年史丹利被冤枉偷了足球明星的球鞋而来到绿湖少年管教营，终日从事一项惨无人道的苦役——在干涸如岩的湖床上顶着烈日挖洞。出人意料的是，挖洞竟挖出了一个天大的秘密：在这片荒凉的土地下，埋藏着几个家族上百年盘根错节的恩怨。史丹利和他的伙伴零蛋在不堪忍受苦役和虐待的逃亡过程中结下了生死情谊，并最终揭露了绿湖营“挖洞”的大骗局，化解了家族之间的恩怨诅咒。善良的人们获得了幸福的归宿，而恶人受到惩罚。
By Louis Sachar, Paperback, Simplified Chinese Characters and Traditional Chinese Characters, 273 pages, 8.25"x5.9"
