Camp Frenemies
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
From an acclaimed cartoonist comes a frenemies-to-friends graphic novel about the trials and tribulations of three preteen girls and cabinmates at sleepaway camp. Perfect for fans of Guts and Real Friends!
It's only one week of camp and then never again . . . right?
Beatrice, Roxy, and Virginia have conquered sixth grade, and now they’re ready for the next big milestone: their first week at sleepaway camp.
Beatrice isn’t happy about this. After all, she prefers stuffed animals over people. Roxy doesn’t think camp is so bad. Honestly, she’s just excited to get some peace and quiet—she hasn’t had enough of that at home lately. And Virginia is the most excited for camp out of everyone since ALL the middle school soccer girls are going . . . but then Virginia doesn’t make the soccer team.
Further complicating things is the fact that Virginia and Bea do not get along—which makes being cabinmates tricky. But between campfires and canoe rides, can these frenemies call a truce?
A Junior Library Guild Selection
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This witty, well-paced graphic novel follows the interpersonal trials and tribulations of three cabinmates at sleepaway camp: curly-haired sixth grader Bea, whose parents hope sending her to Camp Chordata will help expand her social circle beyond her collection of stuffed animals; redhead Virginia, who wears a perma-frown, balks at Bea's eccentricities, and mourns the loss of potential friendship with the girls on her school's soccer team after not making the cut; and cheerful Roxy, who sports blond braids and acts as the group's peacemaker—until she grows tired of Bea and Virginia's bickering. Mean-spirited pranks and capsized canoes derail the girls' attempts to foster friendship, events that Montague (The Winter Frost) captures via simple line drawings and flat, saturated color palettes. Bea's homebound plushies appear as her conscience and take on the role of an omniscient Greek chorus in thought balloons, providing commentary on the protagonists' hardships ("Why is someone crying every night?" one stuffed animal asks. "Must be a camp thing," another replies) and injecting whimsy and humor throughout (on Bea's crush: "Is he... the most beautiful person in the entire world and all of Saturn's moons?"). Characters are depicted as having varying skin tones. Ages 8–12.
