Camp Frenemies by Liz Montague
ISBN: 0593806239
Genres: Realistic Fiction
Format: Graphic Novel
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In this graphic novel, Beatrice does not want to go to camp and only agrees when her dad tells her she never has to go again if she can stick it out for one week. Bea is miserable. Her cabinmate Virginia teases her relentlessly about her stuffies. Bea carries her rabbit with her everywhere and talks to her stuffies. Not all the campers are mean though. Owen is kind and defends Bea. Bea finds herself developing her first crush! When Bea and Virginia’s cabinmate goes missing, they have to work together to find her. In the process, all three cabinmates discover they each have things they are working through – divorcing parents, not making the soccer team, not fitting in in middle school – and start to make plans for the following summer. The story is simple and the illustrations perfectly accompany the story. Readers will especially enjoy the pages where Bea and her stuffed rabbit Roger have animated conversations. This is a perfect graphic novel about friendship and finding your place for upper elementary/middle grade readers.

Reviewed by Karen Sandlin Silverman, Mt. Ararat Middle School, Topsham