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A review by defiantdeb
Camp Sylvania by Julie Murphy
5.0
Super fun middle grade story that for sure would be a great summer read (I felt like a kid again laying in bed on a hot day devouring a book from start to end) but also a fun Halloween read (would be cute to read for a kid’s Halloween book club)! There’s big dreams, theater kids, summer camp shenanigans, campfire ghosts stories, some less than stellar intentioned adults but also some adults just trying their best (aren’t we all?), SO much friendship, and learning about loving ourselves.
I won a copy of this in a giveaway for a physical arc and I’m so grateful. But my review is still unbiased. I was a fat kid who grew to be a fat teen and who continues to be a fat adult. Fat used to be a slur but now it’s just an adjective. And I hope that fat kids (and even not fat kids) read this story and learn that. God I wish I’d had Julie’s books as a kid. There’s power in seeing yourself and that’s a big part of what Maggie learns (among a host of other lessons…including what adults really do and don’t have under control). I don’t ever know what to expect going into a book about fat people. We’re not always represented kindly or well, but Julie is a powerful and wonderful voice who does us justice.
I won a copy of this in a giveaway for a physical arc and I’m so grateful. But my review is still unbiased. I was a fat kid who grew to be a fat teen and who continues to be a fat adult. Fat used to be a slur but now it’s just an adjective. And I hope that fat kids (and even not fat kids) read this story and learn that. God I wish I’d had Julie’s books as a kid. There’s power in seeing yourself and that’s a big part of what Maggie learns (among a host of other lessons…including what adults really do and don’t have under control). I don’t ever know what to expect going into a book about fat people. We’re not always represented kindly or well, but Julie is a powerful and wonderful voice who does us justice.