Camp Reunion

Camp Girl-Meets-Boy #2

by Caroline B. Cooney

After the summer's fond farewells and promises of friendship forever, the campers and counselors of Camp Men are invited to a Thanksgiving weekend Camp Reunion.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction

180 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Caroline Cooney knew in sixth grade that she wanted to be a writer when "the best teacher I ever had in my life" made writing her main focus. "He used to rip off covers from The New Yorker and pass them around and make us write a short story on whichever cover we got. I started writing then and never stopped!"
When her children were young, Caroline started writing books for young people -- with remarkable results. She began to sell stories to Seventeen magazine and soon after began writing books. Suspense novels are her favorites to read and write. "In a suspense novel, you can count on action."
To keep her stories realistic, Caroline visits many schools outside of her area, learning more about teenagers all the time. She often organizes what she calls a "plotting game," in which students work together to create plots for stories. Caroline lives in Westbrook, Connecticut and when she's not writing she volunteers at a hospital, plays piano for the school musicals and daydreams!
- Scholastic.com

Reviews

[Paige · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love this cast of characters, love the writing, love the story love love love

[CLM · Rating 3 out of 5]

This sequel to Camp-Girl-Meets-Boy was not as good but still a must read for lovers of camp fiction (particularly those like me who would have hated overnight camp but enjoy it from afar).

[Danielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I recently read Camp Girl-Meets-Boy and I enjoyed it a lot. But I LOVED this sequel. And I so love it when I go into an 80s YA novel with no expectations and end up thoroughly enjoying the book. It's a rare occurrence and so lovely.

These characters are believable, and funny, and flawed, and fantastic. I was a bit bothered in the first one when we switched from Vi's POV to Marissa's, and on and on. But now, I love visiting Cathy and everyone, and even Claudia the camper!

The feelings they all had about themselves and about what it feels like to go a to reunion were so relatable. (Will anyone I know be there? Did they even think about me? Will we have anything to say to each other?)

I love what happens with Jamie and Vi--again, so real and relatable. I love that Marissa realizes that she herself is not always a good person. I love that Charles and Alicia actually get married! Is it believable that they'd try to have a reunion and a wedding on the same day? Not really. Is it believable that a 13-year-old girl could make a hotel reservation over the phone without giving payment, or without being given the price? Not really. But all of it felt so, so emotionally real and candid and funny and bittersweet and lovely. Sigh. Thank you, Caroline Cooney.

[Jannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Never read the first book, but own this one. Bought it from the library. I think if I read it now I wouldn't think much of the writing but what stuck with me was the pain and humiliation that Cat felt at being an outsider. It felt very relatable to me at the time, no matter how different she and her circumstances were. I think the craving for acceptance and friendship is universal and for that Ill always remember this book.

[Brenda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Since this book had such a limited printing, I couldn't get my hands on it until a few years ago. After waiting so long to find out what happened to my favorite campers, it was a letdown. The plot seemed too compressed and forced, and I found myself rolling my eyes at the characters a few times. Still, it left everyone in a good place, so I'll take it over nothing. :)

[Kirsty · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sometimes it's worth reading a whole bad book just for one good character or perfect phrase. And sometimes it's not.

[Corry · Rating 3 out of 5]

not as good as Camp Girl meets Boy but it ties things up nicely