Holes
Stanley Yelnats' family has a history of bad luck, so he isn't too surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to a boys' juvenile detention centre. At Camp Green Lake the boys must dig a hole a day, five feet deep, five feet across, in the dried up lake bed. The Warden claims the labour is character building, but it is a lie. Stanley must dig up the truth.
 
Small Steps 
 Two years after Holes, Armpit is trying to stay out of trouble, set5 goals (graduate high school, get a job, save money, avoid violence, and lose his nickname). His friend Rex "X-Ray" Washburn drags him into a scam selling counterfeit tickets to a concert by Kaira DeLeon.