Camp

June 1, 2019

Gr 4-7-Olive and Willow go to sleepaway camp together, but will they still be best friends when they return? Olive (first introduced in Miller's Click) easily befriends fellow campers, but Willow is more reserved and becomes jealous of Olive's new pals. Willow is soon demanding all of Olive's attention, and Olive, in turn, grows resentful. Readers will love the depiction of realistic friendship drama and the fun camp setting. Camp counselors intervene when necessary, but both girls show a lot of growth by the end of the story as lessons are learned and friendships healed. The activities will make readers wish they were at camp, too, especially at the end of the book when groups team up to film a Rube Goldberg machine for a music video. Expressive cartoon artwork is eye-catching and brings the setting to life. Olive and Willow are both white, but racial diversity is well represented among the campers. VERDICT Hand to patrons looking for something after Raina Telgemeier's Smile or Victoria Jamieson's Roller Girl. For every library.-Allison McLean, Elkhart Public Library, IN

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ghost_dk_diemx - So I've read this book "camp" and then another called "Click" and they both have the same main characters. In this book a girl named Olive is going to camp with her best friend. When they get to the bunks there excited. Then skipping ahead everyone was choosing there activities. Olive starts making friends but her best friend starts to feel jealous and left out. (I forgot the friends name) The council is the one that hung out with olives fiend. Before the party olives best friend takes her away and made her do everything she wants to do. Olive just wanted to help her feel better so she did whatever she wanted. I wouldn't do that if I were her)) then finally at the party she told her how she felt and her best friend cut of her friendship bracket in anger so Olive did the same.after a while they noticed there was no point at being mad at each other so they talked it out and became friends again. They started to make a music video at the end and it got a whole lot happier. I think this is a good example of friendship and kindness. This would definitely be a good book for a lot of people. This is a graphic novel so it actually shows you pictures of what's going on which helps you to visualize it better. But it's so interesting and definitely unique. I recommend this for everyone and if so read this review I hope you decide to read the book because the book just gives you more intell and details and it's just better when you read it. You can download this book on Amazon free time kids tablets. Thank you have a merry Christmas and a happy New year!!!! :D

April 1, 2019
Summer camp tests the bond between best friends in this new graphic novel. Olive and Willow are besties who are lucky enough to go to summer camp together at Acorn Lake; they even share a bunk bed in their cabin. Initially, they are inseparable, always together during camp activities. Right away, Willow begins to become anxious and homesick, while Olive is enjoying the ride and making friends. Willow doesn't like the food, she doesn't want to join in with most of the activities, and she wants Olive by her side at all times. At first, Olive feels obligated to take care of Willow and stays close by, but inevitably, the two get into a fight and spend the next couple of days apart. But eventually Willow begins to make new friends, joining a newly formed band with the other kids, and she and Olive slowly find their ways back to each other. The emotional beats are believable, and Olive and Willow are well-enough developed that readers will sympathize with them both. Miller illustrates a very culturally diverse group of campers, representing different races and a range of gender expressions. Though the races of the protagonists aren't specified, both are light-skinned, Olive with dark hair and Willow with blonde. All in all, a sweet summer camp story about friendship in a multicultural setting. (Graphic fiction. 8-12)

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