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Such a cute story of the trials and tribulations of summer camp, as summer who spent many summers away at camp as a kid this book perfectly sums up the whole experience and I finished it in one sitting!

wordsbetweenlines's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This was a beautifully written and drawn YA coming of age story that is told in verse.

I have never read anything quite like this and I mean that in the best way. The short form verses tell so much with every word and the illustrations tied it all together.

It felt like we lived the whole summer at camp with Norah and the rest of the crew.

It brought back so many coming of age memories and how important all the little moments are.

I highly recommend this if you like coming of age stories, verse or graphic novels. It was a beautiful amalgamation of all of them to me.

Thank you tandem collective and tundra books for the book and the read along 🤍

library_kb's review against another edition

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hopeful reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I listened to an ALC of this book from @Libro.fm. This is a shorter YA novel-in-verse which celebrates the highs and lows of being a summer camp counselor. I think that students who have this experience or have connections to summer camp will enjoy this one, but it fell a little flat for me because I think it would have been well served by a little more time to develop the conflict of the story--which is mainly internal, but didn't really get addressed until briefly about 75% through. I'd recommend for middle school readers and up.

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