By:Louis Sachar

Louis Sachar

Born in East Meadow, NY March 20,1954 Father died during first semester of college Moved to California to be closer to mom Graduated from law school in 1980 Married in 1985 to Carla Had daughter, Sherre two years after marriage

Genre Fiction Mystery Realistic Crime Romance(Kate&Sam) Friendship

Setting Wreck Room Tent Desert Warden’s Cabin

Theme A unlucky teenager gets caught for a “crime” he didn’t do. So he is given a choice Camp Green Lake or Jail. He chooses Camp Green Lake. But what he doesn’t know is that this camps has you dig holes to “build character.” Making friends from different backgrounds.

Problem & Solution Elya doesn’t take Madame Zeroni up the mo2untain for water-Problem 1 So all of Elya’s desidents are all cursed with bad luck-Solution 1 Stanley and Hector climb The Big Thumb- Problem 2 They find water and onions-Solution 2

Stanley Yelnats-Caveman His name is the same frontwards and backwards Overweight Comes from a poor family Unlucky

Hector Zeroni-Zero Doesn’t like to answer to dumb questions Can’t read or write Good at math Steals things for his own use, but, doesn’t think nothing of it His mom left him in a park alone

Kate Barlow-Kissn’ Kate Barlow School teacher In love with Sam Became an outlaw when her true love was killed After she kills someone she kisses them on the head

X-Ray Leader of the group Can see well Has dirty glasses Nice to Stanley after he hands him the gold tube One of the smallest of their group

Warden Rattle snake, poison, red, nail polish Always wears cowboy boots In charge of everything at Camp Green Lake Red hair Is looking for Kissin’ Kate Barlow’s “treasure”

Mr. Sir Gave up smoking for sunflower seeds Has a scar from The Warden on his cheek Rude Scary looking Has a rattlesnake tattoo