Setting of Holes

The setting of the book is at Camp Green Lake. Camp Green Lake is a dried up piece of land that is extremely hot and a boy's detention center. The boys at Camp Green Lake are required to dig holes at this hot fiery place. In this story Stanley goes there and decribes in detail how it is very hot and takes a lot of water to keep hydrated in these harsh conditions. As you can see this would not be someones favorite place to go. It is a desert and the prision guards are trying to make it into a lake. These harsh conditions may make for some difficult times later in the story.