榮獲紐伯瑞獎與美國國家圖書獎，並名列《紐約時報》暢銷榜。史丹利因家族詛咒被誤送進綠湖營，天天挖五尺深坑。隨著一個個洞被挖出，他發現這裡隱藏著關於罪與救贖的驚人真相。黑色幽默中展現勇氣與希望，是青少年文學的經典代表作。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 boys' juvenile detention center in the Texas desert. As punishment, the boys here must each dig a hole every day, five feet deep and five feet across. Ultimately, Stanley "digs up the truth" -- and through his experience, finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself. Winner of the 1998 National Book Award for young people's literature, here is a wildly inventive, darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment -- and redemption.
