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Camp Zombie #1
Camp Zombie
Corey Campbell gets more than he had bargained for when he discovers that he is stuck at camp with a group of very dead zombie counselors.
105 pages, Paperback
First published March 15, 1994
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Megan Stine
195 books57 followersMegan Stine is the Editor-in-Chief of Real U Guides and the author of more than 100 books for young readers including Trauma-Rama, an etiquette book for teenagers published by Seventeen magazine, and several titles in a series based on the popular 1990’s television series Party of Five. A frequent writer of books in the enormously popular Mary-Kate and Ashley series, she is the best-selling author of Likes Me, Likes Me Not and Instant Boyfriend. She has worked with CBS and ABC in developing comedy and drama television pilots, and has written comedy material for a well-known radio personality in New York.
When she isn’t writing, she is a portrait and fine art photographer and a contributing photographer for the Real U series of guides.
When she isn’t writing, she is a portrait and fine art photographer and a contributing photographer for the Real U series of guides.
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July 17, 2024
Welcome back to the round 3 of my camp marathon thing. This time I got one that’s been my radar from the start. This is a Bullsye Chiller, a 90’s series of short kids horror books, with some being adaptations of classic stuff. Tweets to give You Goosebumps covered this four years ago so I’ve always wanted to get to it.
It was enough of a hit to get two sequels so hopefully we can cover the whole trilogy someday. It’s from 1994 and is by Megan Stine and H William Stine. H William mostly does stuff with Megan, and she has a bunch of stuff, mostly gamebooks. You may expect me to say there’s no relation to R.L….but there is. H William is his brother, with Megan as H’s wife. You know him better as Bill if you’ve read It Came from Ohio. Seriously.
Those are wild genes. So let’s see if they’re any good. Corey Campell is forced to go to camp Harvest Moon alongside his sister Amanda. It’s not too fun at first, mostly because he’s afraid of swimming thanks to some childhood events. The counselor Brian is a jerk who mocks him for it and wants to force him to swim. But things get worse as they discover that zombies are around, of kids who died here years ago…
This book was good, if rather simple. It’s only 105 pages and is quite brisk. It’s more about hitting the beats and doesn’t quite allow for a lot of extra flavor. It’s straightforward which can make it feel rushed at times. There’s friends he makes but we’re basically told they become close, we don’t see much of that. Writing is fair but pretty straightfoward.
That means it is on the basic side, mostly doing what you expect. But it works with some solid horror due to the zombies. It captures a sense of desperation as they try to avoid these things. We get enough info to understand things as well. Corey’s arc of getting over his fear is basic but well done. He has a good bond with his sister early on but after that drops off so she’s kind of the superfluous clay.
It being simple helps keep it moving so there’s not much filler. It doesn’t leave a big impact but there isn’t much wrong and I liked the vibes of it. It’s the most basic Good book you can find. So yeah, these genes aren’t too shabby. There’s not even any weird asides to comment on this time.
I will mention there is a character death which I didn’t expect and it plays into a cliffhanger for the sequel .Now I wanna get to it so that’s cool. That will be up for next year, may even start round 4 with it given we’re done with Haunted Hills. We’ll see.
Simple review for a simple book. Next time, we got a 2020 book that sounds interesting. See ya then.
It was enough of a hit to get two sequels so hopefully we can cover the whole trilogy someday. It’s from 1994 and is by Megan Stine and H William Stine. H William mostly does stuff with Megan, and she has a bunch of stuff, mostly gamebooks. You may expect me to say there’s no relation to R.L….but there is. H William is his brother, with Megan as H’s wife. You know him better as Bill if you’ve read It Came from Ohio. Seriously.
Those are wild genes. So let’s see if they’re any good. Corey Campell is forced to go to camp Harvest Moon alongside his sister Amanda. It’s not too fun at first, mostly because he’s afraid of swimming thanks to some childhood events. The counselor Brian is a jerk who mocks him for it and wants to force him to swim. But things get worse as they discover that zombies are around, of kids who died here years ago…
This book was good, if rather simple. It’s only 105 pages and is quite brisk. It’s more about hitting the beats and doesn’t quite allow for a lot of extra flavor. It’s straightforward which can make it feel rushed at times. There’s friends he makes but we’re basically told they become close, we don’t see much of that. Writing is fair but pretty straightfoward.
That means it is on the basic side, mostly doing what you expect. But it works with some solid horror due to the zombies. It captures a sense of desperation as they try to avoid these things. We get enough info to understand things as well. Corey’s arc of getting over his fear is basic but well done. He has a good bond with his sister early on but after that drops off so she’s kind of the superfluous clay.
It being simple helps keep it moving so there’s not much filler. It doesn’t leave a big impact but there isn’t much wrong and I liked the vibes of it. It’s the most basic Good book you can find. So yeah, these genes aren’t too shabby. There’s not even any weird asides to comment on this time.
I will mention there is a character death which I didn’t expect and it plays into a cliffhanger for the sequel .Now I wanna get to it so that’s cool. That will be up for next year, may even start round 4 with it given we’re done with Haunted Hills. We’ll see.
Simple review for a simple book. Next time, we got a 2020 book that sounds interesting. See ya then.
May 18, 2025
A fun simple zombie book written for kids in the 90s. Corey and his sister, Amanda, find themselves at Camp Harvest Moon for the summer and quickly discover that something sinister is afoot. Will they get eaten by zombies? Is it all just some tasteless joke put on by those Cabin 5 hooligans? Also there’s some outdated language such as bluntly describing a child as fat - they certainly don’t write ‘em like this anymore.
November 26, 2019
I read this book back in the 90s in elementary school. I loved it. Highly recommend for kids looking to get into horror.
January 19, 2020
Read this book back at school and I loved it😊. Getting a copy for my son to read as well. ❤
August 5, 2025
Zombies that lurk in the lake at the summer camp? Count me in. I wish I had read this one as a kid, I would have been obsessed with this.
May 7, 2008
Read with my students--they really enjoyed it.
September 17, 2008
It was the sound of pure gut-twisting terror
April 10, 2010
One of my favorites as a kid! I was weird. haha
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