*This is the third novel
in a series.*
From the Sanguine Spa, the Sinister-Winterbottoms and their
friend from Fathoms of Fun, Edgar, find themselves at Camp Creek, a mysterious
summer camp where everything is fun and good and normal, normal, normal!
There’s a zip line, a climbing wall and archery! There are rope swings and
canoeing, boondoggle-making and buffet-style eating! Swimming in the lake and
so many kinds of cereal, one could really go wild and mix them in the same
bowl! Where the counselors are enthusiastic and tie-dyed everything is the
theme and everything is an exclamation! Normal! Except it’s not, especially
when Theo witnesses Alexander rope-swing himself into the lake. From worrying
about making a fool of himself by rope-swinging wrong to brain-eating amoeba
getting to him if he gets lake water up his nose, that is not Alexander’s
normal. He even tells Theo it’s okay to call him Alex, something that’s not
okay. And Wil! Wil hasn’t just become a camp counselor in glaring tie-dye, but
she’s given up Rodrigo, her most prized ... phone! She should be going through
some horrible withdrawal but is as smiley and exuberant as every other tie-dyed
counselor. The counselors and campers are braindyed, all but Theo
and a sulking boy named Henry Hyde. She must un-braindye Alexander, Wil,
Edgar and even Quincy, former lasso-wielding friend who might still come
through as a friend once things are able to be talked out. Without so many
exclamation points!
To be fair,
I tend to love everything I read by Kiersten White, but I honestly love the
books in her Sinister Summer series the most! Far from scary (think
more like the hijinks of Scooby-Doo), her stories read at a fast clip and they
are so genius that I’m using an excessive amount of exclamations, even in my
head as I type this! I can’t stop! Only kidding. I totally can. The adventures
of the Sinister-Winterbottoms are slightly outrageous, but completely clean and
fun. White’s writing is clever and is easy to follow, even as characters from
the previous books converge and new characters are added. “Camp Creepy” is
another satisfyingly sinister, wonderfully weird, middle-grade installment that
contains positive messages about the acceptance of oneself and others just the
way they are, quirks and anxieties and all.
Book 1:
Wretched Waterpark
Book 2:
Vampiric Vacation
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