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Rating Your Bunkmates and Other Camp Crimes

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Thank you to NetGalley, Jennifer Orr, and Capstone for this digital copy.

Description
Twelve-year-old Abigail Hensley is a socially awkward aspiring anthropologist who has always had trouble connecting with her peers. Abigail is hopeful that a week at sleepaway camp is the answer to finally making a friend. After all, her extensive research shows that summer camp is the best place to make lifelong connections. Using her tried-and-true research methods, Abigail begins to study her cabinmates for friendship potential. But just when it seems that she is off to a good start, her bunkmate's phone gets stolen, and Abigail is the main suspect. Can she clear her name, find the real culprit, and make a friend before the week is done?

Cute book for girls. The drama was a little much for me, but I think there is an audience out there for it.
Good character development, and the story flowed nicely.

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Abigail is a genius at facts, but not so much at making friends. When your brain is as big as hers, it can be tough to relate to anyone. Summer camp always offers the chance to make life-long friends, so it seems like the perfect place for Abigail to go and make friends her own age. So she goes into summer camp like it is a scientific observation and attempts to make friends.

Unfortunately for Abigail, she is a hard character to like or relate to, not just for her fictitious bunk mates, but for me as a reader. The writing style is fun and getting to see into Abigail's notebook is a great way to keep the story moving and get to know this difficult character better.

Abigail may start out as tough to love, but as she figures out how to relate to others, she begins to grow on you. Not everyone can make friends easily. For some, like Abigail, it takes a little extra effort and time.

Quirky and entertaining, this book is a fun read!

Thank you to NetGalley for my copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

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I enjoyed this book very much. Abigail is twelve year old girl with a different view of things. She is very hopeful about her adventure at Camp and the chance to make friends. I enjoyed reading things from Abigail's perspective as she had a different take on the interactions of her bunkmates and the events that happened at camp. Abigail is a very book smart character but really uses the opportunity at camp to learn about social interaction and friendship.

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I was so happy to have the opportunity to review Rating your Bunkmates and Other Camp Crimes by Jennifer Orr. Thanks go out to NetGalley, Capstone Editions and author Jennifer Orr for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Socially awkward 12 year old Abigail is hopeful that a week at camp will be the answer to finally making a friend. She studies her bunkmates for friendship potential. But just when it seems that she is off to a good start, her bunkmate's phone gets stolen, and she is the main suspect. She has to clear her name, find the real culprit, and make a friend before the week is done. All in all, a very good YA novel.

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Okay there seem to be a lot of camp books lately, and this hasn't been one of my favorites. Abigail wasn't very likeable in my opinion, and the drama just never stopped. Just not for me, I guess, but younger girls who like camp and drama might enjoy this one.

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