Stanley Yelnats

The characters

Stanley Yelnats: Stanley is the main character of the book. He is an overweight child who has no friends at his school. His family was cursed so he is a child accustomed to bad luck.He has low self-confidence due to these facts. One day Stanley finds a pair of shoes which is not his and takes it home. The police thinks this as stealing and they take him to the "Camp Green Lake". His physical appearance changes in this camp, he starts to have friends and he makes good friends with Zero. He teaches him to read and write.

Hector Zeroni (Zero): He is homeless. His mom left him when he was a kid. He wasn 't educated thats why he doesn 't know how to read and write. He doesn 't talk very much that 's why they call him "Zero".

He has an onion field. He thinks that his onions can cure everything. He is also really talented in reparing things. He repaires the school. İn exchange he takes the jarred peaches that Katherine did. They fall in love but the community kills him because of the illegalness of their relationship.

Charles walker (Trout):He is a wealthy man. He is stupid,rude,disrespectful. He has a feet problem which can 't be cured. That is why they call him "Trout". He shows up on every night class of Katherine and everybody thinks that two of them will get married. However this doesn 't happen. After 20 years he and his wife asks for the money from Kissin ' Kate that she stole. She tells that she burried it but still they keep looking for that money.

Ms Walker (Warden): She is a tall, red haired woman. She lives in a cabin. She is mysterious. She wants the boys to find a burried thing while they are digging the holes because he wants to find the burried treasure.

Mr Pendanski: He is the counselor of Group D. He is called "Mom". Because he doesn 't call the boys with their real names. He is a doubtful yet he wants the boys in Group D to be motivated as he talks him about their dream and goals. He is definitely a follower. He does everything that was told to