I could have done without the typically over the top mean girl character, but it was a nice way to show that sometimes bullies are just insecure. This is a true case of a summer that starts out rocky, but ends up working out in the end. I see a lot of kids enjoying Chloe's wild camp adventure, especially if they've been on camp adventures of their own. The food, the friends, the crazy amounts of bugs that were everywhere, I totally understood where Chloe was coming from. I had many a flashback to my own summer camp experiences. That being said, it's a pretty darn adorable read. I'd definitely recommend this to the more junior set of MG readers, as it has a lot of repetition and doesn't quite have the same substance as a lot of books that fall into this age group. If you have a younger aged MG reader who is looking for a summer read, I think they'll enjoy this one. She has to deal with mean girls, a crazy goat, and all she really wants to do is learn a skill that will help her earn money for a new bike. When Chole is sent to Camp Minnehaha for two weeks, she's not at all certain that this going to be a summer she'll enjoy.
Those are the words that quickly sum up How to (Almost) Ruin Your Summer.
When the last day of camp comes, will Chloe be ready to cupcake-decorate her way to a new bike? Or does everything really have to go to plan? Read more Between fighting off a rampaging goat named King Arthur, a spider that just won't die, and a prima donna bunkmate named Victoria Radamoskovich, there's no time left for Chloe to learn cake decorating. She decides to make the best of it: she'll learn cake decorating and earn money when she gets home, frosting cupcakes at a local shop.
There is no way eleven-year old Chloe is going into the sixth grade riding her old pink bicycle! But before she can earn money for a new bike, she's shipped off to career camp. Well, they obviously never had to ride a baby bike to the first day of middle school. Someone once told me that money can't buy a girl happiness. Join eleven year old Chloe McCorkle on her trip to summer Camp Minnehaha in this action-packed, laugh-out-loud book perfect for middle schoolers and kids ages 9 to 12.
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