Holes

Stanly Yelnats is now sent to Camp Greenlake though he claims to be innocent. The boy has got a naive idea about what Camp Greenlake is, because in his mind he's got the picture of a summercamp where rich boys usually go to.
We learn about his family, that his father is an unsuccessful inventor. The family declares not to believe in curses, but always when something goes wrong, they blame it on the curse given to Stanly's grandfather and all his descendants.

In this chapter we learn that the boys not come to the camp voluntarily, but they go there as a punishment.
The main character, who is called Stanly Yelnats, is given the choice: Either going to Camp Greenlake or going to jail. He decides to go to the camp, but he doesn't seem to be aware of the fact that Camp Greenlake is a bootcamp.