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A review by piburnjones
Molly Saves the Day: A Summer Story by Valerie Tripp
4.0
Re-reading as an adult, here's what stands out:
- All the camp songs Tripp makes up for this book are highly annoying.
- Linda's casual mention that she hates bugs and worms are so obviously Chekhov's Creepy Crawlies.
- Valerie Tripp's made-up geography always sounds the same. Chocolate Drop Island, Poison Point, Goose Lake from Samantha Saves the Day - it's all very on the nose.
- It's a good thing for Molly that the Color War is held at the very end of camp, or I think Molly would have faced a lot of wrath from all the girls with poison ivy.
I wish I had a clearer memory of reading this as a kid - whether at any point in my life, going to a camp like this would have sounded like fun. Multiplication bee in Molly Learns a Lesson? All in. Tap dancing in Changes for Molly? Oh hell yeah. But outdoorsy crafts and overboard team spirit? I'll take a canoe and wait for you somewhere far, far away from Poison Point.
- All the camp songs Tripp makes up for this book are highly annoying.
- Linda's casual mention that she hates bugs and worms are so obviously Chekhov's Creepy Crawlies.
- Valerie Tripp's made-up geography always sounds the same. Chocolate Drop Island, Poison Point, Goose Lake from Samantha Saves the Day - it's all very on the nose.
- It's a good thing for Molly that the Color War is held at the very end of camp, or I think Molly would have faced a lot of wrath from all the girls with poison ivy.
I wish I had a clearer memory of reading this as a kid - whether at any point in my life, going to a camp like this would have sounded like fun. Multiplication bee in Molly Learns a Lesson? All in. Tap dancing in Changes for Molly? Oh hell yeah. But outdoorsy crafts and overboard team spirit? I'll take a canoe and wait for you somewhere far, far away from Poison Point.