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Young Adult · 2015 · G

I Want to Go Home

by Gordon Korman

Two miserable campers combine forces to escape Camp Algonkian Island in increasingly creative ways

Gordon Korman's uproarious, outrageous, and all-too-familiar summer camp adventure is BACK! Rudy Miller really isn't into the whole camping thing. So when his parents send him to Camp Algonkian "for his own good" all he wants to do is go home. Rudy teams up with his cabin-mate Mike for a series of carefully planned — yet hilariously bungled — escape attempts. Unfortunately, their counsellor (and nemesis) Chip is as determined to keep them there as they are to get away. Rudy and Mike spend their days plotting, playing chess, and working off punishments for their failed escapes. Hmmm, maybe it i

ForAll agesGenreYoung AdultLength159 pagesRead time~2.5 hours

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No violence

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No profanity

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No sexual content

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No substance use

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No significant psychological content

What this book is about

Rudy Miller and Mike Webster hate Camp Algonkian Island with a passion. Their elaborate escape attempts — and their invariable failure to actually escape — drive the counselors crazy. Korman's breakout early novel (written when he was twelve) is a classic of summer-camp comedy.

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