Camp Rules

By Jordan Roter

Book Overview

Freezing lakes, kitchen duty, canteen . . . chauffeurs? At Fern Lake Camp, no ensemble is complete without Prada sunglasses, and unwilling newcomer Penny Moore is so not into it. Plus, everyone else in exclusive Bunk One has been together forever. Camp is their life. It?s The Promised Land,? the last haven where a Manhattan It Girl like Logan Worthe can still be a kid. It?s Logan?s last summer, and she?s ready to rule the camp . . . and Penny is in her way.A surprise-packed care package for anyone who?s ever loved camp or wanted to find her own place to play.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525478035
• ISBN13: 9780525478034
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.1" x 5.8"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher

Customer Reviews

An unexpected friendship evolves in this fun story of camp craziness.

Jordan Roter's CAMP RULES teens of teen 'It' girl Logan, who is spending her final summer as the exclusive Bank One's Alpha Camper until interloper Penny arrives to upstage her. Both of them want Penny to go home - but when they join forces to get her kicked out, an unexpected friendship evolves in this fun story of camp craziness.

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

Camp really does rule if you've been going to the same one for eight years and now you're the queen bee, but when your parents decide to send you to camp for the first time when you're sixteen, it's a nightmare. Unfortunately, it's Penny's nightmare. Not only is she forced into camp, but it's the same camp that the local "It Girl" adores. Logan is extremely unhappy about Penny crashing her party. More than anything, Penny wants to go home, so when Logan demands Penny leaves, she agrees. Logan coerces Penny into a game of rule-breaking to make sure she leaves camp. Penny begins to settle in, even though she's not used to finding herself in trouble. She likes the other girls in the cabin and she likes her new daredevil self. She certainly doesn't want to leave camp, but Logan's made it pretty clear that either she'll get kicked out on her own or Logan will force her out. CAMP RULES asks the question, "what if the rules of high school were different and you could be friends with anyone regardless of their reputation?" Relive the carefree days of camp and read this book with a side of s'mores! Reviewed by: Jennifer Rummel

Certainly a book worth writing home about

Penny Moore went to bed a fifteen-year-old, and woke-up a sixteen-year-old. Technically, the girl is no longer a child. She finally has the freedom to do more "adult" things. Like drive a car. Or maybe even get a tattoo. But even with her new grown-up attitude, Penny refuses to dispose of her Hello Kitty nightshirt. The same one she's been wearing since 1998, even though it only comes up to her waist. But don't put her on the fashion-don't list just yet. The one thing she's craving are a pair of Seven jeans to ring in her Sweet Sixteen. The jeans retail for a whopping $150, but Penny is convinced that she'll be the lucky reciprocate of them, considering her parents know how much they mean to her. Unfortunately, when she lifts the lid off her gift, the only thing she sees is a collared t-shirt with the letters FLC on it. Penny couldn't be more confused, until her parents reveal that they've given her an all-expenses paid trip to Fern Lake Camp, where she'll be spending eight glorious weeks surrounded by girls she'll be able to bond with. Sure, Penny was dying to attend sleepaway camp - back when she was eight - and can't believe that her parents wasted their hard-earned money on something as trivial as camp, especially when it's the last thing Penny wanted for her Sweet Sixteen. But, seeing the disappointment on her parents faces, Penny gives them an ultimatum. She'll attend Fern Lake for four weeks, then, when Visitors' Day arrives, if she totally hates her summer set-up, she can leave early, and spend the rest of the summer moping around, studying for the SAT's, and searching for a job that will earn her some cold, hard cash. But before Penny even boards the plane that will whisk her away from her Bronx apartment, and deposit her in the wilds of Maine, she realizes that she's made the biggest mistake of her life. For none other than Logan Worthe, Manhattan's It Girl, and the ruler of Penny's school - Lakefield Academy. Logan is known for taking charge of every situation, and keeping all eyes on her, no matter what; which is exactly what Logan does when she arrives at LaGuardia Airport. Penny notes that the girl is Queen of Fern Lake, as well as high school, and plans on avoiding her at all costs - if possible. Unfortunately, that's the last thing Penny is able to accomplish, for she's placed in Bunk One - Logan's bunk - almost instantaneously - and is forced to contend with non-stop cheering, and inane conversations that make her feel as if she's losing IQ points. Logan can sense that Penny despises Fern Lake, and makes a pact with her to get her kicked out before Visitors' Day. Penny is only too happy to comply, figuring she'll be better off at home. And Logan couldn't be happier with the arrangement. After all, she refuses to have a new girl - especially one who knows her reputation from high school - ruin her last summer ever at Fern Lake. But as Penny begins to open herself up to the girls surrounding her, and the fresh outdoors, she begins