2. Characters:
Stanley was the main character in the story. He
is white and has curly hair. He was born from a
poor family with a mom and dad and no siblings.
He was 13 years old and wanted to work for the
FBI. He got sent to Camp Green Lake, where
young convicts are forced to dig holes, for
getting accused of stealing shoes in an auction.
3. Characters:
Hector Zeroni was a boy from D Tent and his
nickname was Zero because he didn’t like to talk
and people thought he was stupid , but he was
really smart. He had dark skin and he lost his
mother for a long time. He learned reading from
Stanley while he helped him dig his holes and he
was always the first one to finish digging his
holes.
4. Characters:
Mr.Sir was a mean counselor at Camp Green
Lake. He was always sarcastic and he always
had sunflower seeds in his truck. His motto for
boys is “this isn’t a girl scouts’ camp”.
5. Characters:
Mr.Pendanski was a nice counselor at first , but
he turned out to be a mean guy. He would always
make fun of Zero and tease him. He always
thought he was stupid. He was in charge of D
Tent and the water for the boys.
6. Characters:
The warden runs Camp Green Lake. She shows
no concern for the boys’ suffering and she is the
granddaughter of Charles and Linda Walker. She
says that they dig holes to build character, but
they are really digging for the treasure that her
ancestors never found.
7. Characters:
Katherine Barlow was a school teacher in the
town of Green Lake one hundred years ago. She
was a kind woman and she kissed a black man
named Sam causing the people to burn down the
school and to murder him. Later, she became
Kissin’ Kate Barlow who robbed Stanley’s great
grandfather.
8. Characters:
Sam sold onions and medicines made from
onions in the town of Green Lake. He repaired
the schoolhouse for Katherine. However, since
he was black, it was against the law for him to be
with Katherine and when they kissed, it caused a
riot in the town and he got murdered.
9. Setting:
This story takes place at Camp Green Lake in
Texas. It used to be the largest lake in the
state, but it is now a dry desert.
10. Plot:
At the beginning of the story, Stanley Yelnats
was accused of stealing shoes of the baseball
player from a charity auction. As punishment, he
got sent to Camp Green Lake.
11. Plot:
Later in the story, Stanley met a boy named
Hector Zeroni and became good friends. Zero
ran away somewhere in the desert and Stanley
found him in a tunnel dug under an abandoned
rowboat of the name “Mary Lou”. Zero was
drinking sploosh for the past few days and they
saw a man’s thumb and decided to climb it for
search of water.
12. Plot:
On the mountain, Stanley saw a field of onions from
Sam in the past and a pool of ground water. Stanley
starts singing to Zero that they should go back to find
the treasure. They went back to camp and Zero went
to the kitchen to look for food and water while
Stanley looks for the treasure. They succeeded, but
they got caught by the staff and got surrounded by
lizards. They stayed there until the next morning
when his attorney arrives for Stanley’s release and
Zero tells them that the treasure was for Stanley.
13. Plot:
At the end, Stanley uses all the things in the
treasure to buy a new house. Zero hires a team
to look for his mother. Meanwhile, he found his
mother and Stanley and Zero share their new
house together with their families.
