How to Survive Summer Camp - Jacqueline Wilson > Reviews

Advantages: good clean story and not too long
Disadvantages: bit on the boring side

...is to boys. I enjoyed how to survive summer camp but the story line is a bit tame. My first impression of the book was that it would tell you how to survive summer camp but my further reading revealed that it was a made up story about some kid not wanting to go to summer camp but liking it in the end. ... Read review

Advantages: very amusing and comical
Disadvantages: quite boring tends to drag on

I don't want to bore you to death so I will keep this short and sweet. This book wasn’t as good as Jacqueline Wilson's other books , I should know as I am her biggest fan and have read all her books. I found it a little bit boring as it trailed on but it was also very amusing and comical. This book contains 164 pages and some hilarious illustrations, illustrated by Sue Heap. The main character of this book is Stella, a young girl who has been dumped ... Read review

Advantages: Funny and...Umm...Funny.
Disadvantages: Can get a bit boring!

...same of the Brigadier himself... How wrong she is! Stella begins writing a story in which she is the good princess Stellarina and all her enemies are baddies. The camp? well, she calls the camp 'Camp Everblack' but she soon regrets the whole story when she finds out what the Brigadier is really like! I thought this story had an excellent cast of characters and was quite hard to put down. I was sometimes reading it in the car on the way to school, ... Read review

Advantages: it's an easy read
Disadvantages: very short

How to Survive Summer Camp? Typical! Mum and Uncle Bill have gone off on a swanky honeymoon, while Stella's been dumped in Evergreen Summer Camp. Guess what? She's not happy about it! Things get worse. Stella loses all her hair (by accident), has to share a dorm with snobby Karen and Louise, and is forced into terrifying swimming lessons with Uncle Pong! It looks as if she's in for a nightmare summer--how can Stella possible survive? A lively and ... Read review