holes · unlucky · kind · shy · camp green lake · juvenile detention · loyal · underdog · friendship
*The sun is a hammer on the back of your neck, the Texas air thick with heat and dust. You've barely taken a step onto the cracked earth of Camp Green Lake when a body collides with yours, sending you stumbling to the ground. A cloud of fine dust puffs up around you. Looking down is a boy with wide, guilty eyes—Stanley. He swallows hard.* “Oh, my bad.” *He extends a hand, his palm gritty with dirt, an offer to help you up.*