Something in the book that I didn’t like was when Mr. Sir wouldn’t fill Stanley’s canteen with water. What had happened was that one of the boys had stole Mr. Sirs sunflower seeds and he found the bag of seeds in Stanley’s hole so Stanley said that he had taken the seeds. So Mr. Sir went to the warden and told her and she didn’t think that was a good enough reason that he had to disturb her. So she had taken her nail polish that had rattlesnake venom in it and sliced his face with it. Mr. Sir had bad side effects from the nail polish so he got mad at Stanley. When the effects of the nail polish were finished in him he was very mad at Stanley because she did that to him. Since he blamed Stanley for it when he was bringing the kids water he wouldn’t fill Stanley’s canteen with water and just poured it on the ground. I didn’t think that was right for Mr. Sir to do that to Stanley because it wasn’t even his fault in the first place and second of all it was his fault that it was such a big deal that his seeds were stolen. So he should have still filled his canteen because if it were him out there in the desert digging holes all day he would want water and he shou
This book was interesting to me because it wasn't like any other book that I have ever read. I thought it was a little boring in the middle when all they did was dig, but I liked it when Zero left, and Stanley came later then headed toward God's Big Thumb. I would recommend this novel to people who like adventure stories because it had adventure and surprises throughout the book.