Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake

Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake

infobox Book |
name = Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake
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image_caption = "Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake" first edition cover.
author = Louis Sachar
illustrator = Jeff Newman
cover_artist =
country = United States
language = English
series = "Holes" series
genre = Young adult novel
publisher = Yearling Books
release_date = March 11, 2003
english_pub_date =
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 96 pp "(first edition)"
isbn = ISBN 0440419476
preceded_by = Holes "(1998)'
followed_by = Small Steps "(2006)'

"Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake" is a 2003 novel by Louis Sachar. It is "tongue-in-cheek handbook for newcomers" to a "more pleasant" trip to Camp Green Lake from Sachar's predecessor novel "Holes". [Martin, Claire. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FAC037DF2E34105&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "'Guide' handy for 'Holes' frosh"] , "The Denver Post", April 27, 2003. Accessed March 7, 2008.]

The book features information on how to:

*Dig the perfect hole
*Identify rattlesnakes, tarantulas, yellow-spotted lizards, Mr. Sir, and other dangerous creatures
*Win friends and influence people
*And more

As of May 18, 2003, the book was ranked 8th by "The New York Times" on its list of bestselling Children's Paperback Books. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEFDA163FF93BA25756C0A9659C8B63 BEST SELLERS: May 18, 2003] , "The New York Times", May 18, 2003. Accessed March 7, 2008.]

References

External links

* [http://www.louissachar.com/HolesBook.htm#Stan|Louis Sachar's Website's page on the Book]


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