5 stars Hard-hitting and wonderfully told. Aiden has always felt different. He doesn’t fit in at school. His family life is chaotic. It’s the year before he starts high school and he’s at his favorite place, summer camp. But things aren’t going as well as he’d like. Despite his friendships and interesting camp courses, he…
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4 stars Another winner from Brosgol! In this part-memoir graphic novel, Brosgol tackles her time at Russian summer camp, complete with mean tent-mates, horrific outhouses (aka the Hollywood), new friends, run-ins with wild animals, camp competitions, reluctantly getting caught up in drama, and the desire to belong. Brosgol doesn’t shy away from some of the…
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4 stars A hilarious combo of two adventures in one book. Featuring Wyss-Kuzz aka Klawde, an evil alien warlord cat exiled to Earth, and Raj, a city boy thrown into the wilderness of Elba, Oregon and forced to partake in the horrors of making new friends and surviving nature at Camp Eclipse. The two come…
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4 stars After reading this, I already want to spend another summer at Camp Whatever. Complete with mysterious fog, horrific garden gnomes, a camp director with ulterior motives, shadowy figures, and odd happenings, this book has got it all. It’s packed with adventure, mystery, magic, and suspense. There are plenty of twists and turns in…
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4 stars Another epic adventure with Mark, Fang, and the other campers at Camp Mwhaaa-haa-ha-a-watha. In this one, the campers compete for a chance to go into space with the evil astronaut Neil Strongarm. But as with most competitions at Evil Scientist Summer Camp, there’s more to it than first meets the eye. A great…
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4 stars A delightfully evil end to Mark’s summer at Camp Mwhaaa-haa-ha-a-watha. Like most summers, I never wanted this one to come to a close. It was so much fun reading about what the campers were up to in their quests to be names Evil Emperor of the Week. The adventure continues when Dr. Cyberbyte…
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4 stars Another fangtastic adventure at Camp Mwhaaa-haa-ha-a-watha. I’ve read this series a bit out of order as my library no longer has the second book (rip, lost library books), so I’m reading this one before getting a copy of book 2. However, while it’s probably helpful to read them in order, each adventure is…
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4 stars A fangtastically good read. Perfect for fans of My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish. This spin-off series follows Mark, Tom’s evil older brother, as he sets off for Evil Scientist Summer Camp (under the cover of Eco-Scientist Camp) with his evil vampire kitten, Fang. This book can be read without having read the original series,…
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