The release date for the English version of 'Holes' by
Louis Sachar is Sep 2000. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
I believe Stanley Yelnats is cursed. A curse that has followed generations of Yelnats, starting with his no-good, nasty, rotten, pig-stealing great-great-grandfather. Stanley has now been wrongfully sent to Camp Green Lake, a boys' prison where the lads dig trenches that are precisely five feet broad and five feet deep in order to develop character. At Camp Green Lake, there isn't a lake. That being said, there are a ton of holes.
Stanley quickly discovers that Camp Green Lake offers more than just character development. The warden is searching for something, which is why the lads are digging trenches. But what may lie under a lake that has dried up? In this creative and darkly comic story of crime, punishment, and forgiveness, Stanley sets out to uncover the truth.