Help! I'm Trapped in Summer Camp

by Todd Strasser

Book Overview

Jake Sherman's first day at summer camp is pretty bad. But it gets even worsewhen he has to live through it again and again! . This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 0439870607
• ISBN13: 9780439870603
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Fun way to explore social relationships

My 9 yo boy loves this series so I gave this one a quick read and was very pleased. This particular book explores the problems of kids (boys in particular) as they try to firgure out how to behave when confronted with kids who seem 'cool' but are mean. The first day repeats itself for Jake until he gets it right. The first time he is mean to the oddball so he can be accepted by the 'cool' guys. The 2nd day he ends up starting a fight with the mean kids to defend the 'dork' they are picking on. The third day he gets it right by helping the 'dork' to stand up for himself and get the other kids who are standing by to unite against the two who really are mean, and force them to back off.The book is written at just the right level for my 4th grader with a bit of humor and belevable dialogue. It amuses him and I am glad he gets an important message without feeling preached to.

way-cool book

I love Todd Strasser's books.I really love the Help! series.I plan to read all of his books in that series.When I read this book, I was into it trying to figure out what Jake has done wrong that he has to repeat the first day of summer camp.I would like to repeat a day of my life. To sum this book up I would say "Help! I'm crazy over these books!"

A weird day.

The last book I read was Help!I'm Trapped In The First Day Of Summer Camp.It is about a guy named Jake and he keeps on getting stuck in the same day and he will stay in the first day until he does everything right.Then he finally does everything right! Jessica Marie Quinlan

I think this is a good book and very well written.

I thoght this book was very well written. It is about a kid namd Jake Sherman. He is going to summer camp and when the first day is over he goes to bed. But suddenly he finds himself back in h first day of summer camp! This keeps happening to him for about six imes. He needs to find out what he needs to do to go on to the second day of camp. He thinks he figures it out, he tries it. Does it work? Will he ever be able to get out?

This is a funny book with a good theme.

Jake Sherman has a problem. HE'S STUCK IN THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER CAMP!!!!! He's getting really tired of eating "Americam Chop Suey" [ anything that happens to be lying around is the kitchen drenched in tomato sauce]. Plus, he's got to choose beteween to hanging out with the cool guys or with Peter,the dork! But, can Jake ever get out...?