Plot Summary: Stanley Yelnats is always in the wrong place at the wrong time. Accused of stealing a famous pair of shoes, he chooses to serve time at Camp Green Lake, where he is made to dig a 5-foot ...

This list compiles some of my favorite childhood reads, many of which I purchased at Scholastic book fairs or catalogs, and a few personal choices sprinkled in. Quite a few are still my all-time ...