This book is just fun! Bad luck runs in this Stanley's family and he is no exception. So, he gets busted for stealing a pair of shoes that he didn't steal and sent to a camp for bad kids in the desert for 2 years. The rest is how he pays back he family's debt (of bad luck) and makes it through his time in the bad kid camp (I can't remember the name)... It is a great book. There are some serious parts, but overall just an easy, fun read.