Welcome to Camp Nightmare

Plot Summary: Billy is excited to go to summer camp for the first time ever but when he arrives, strange things start happening. One by one his friends have horrible accidents happen to them, and when kids start disappearing it becomes clear things are not as they seem. Fortunately the entire camp is just a training exercise for Billy to see if he's ready to go with his parents on their strange new voyage...to planet Earth!

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Okay, first things first-look at that cover. Look at the two boys smiling as they drown. WTF is with that cover???

Anyway yeah, this is a really solid book. It's more of a mystery than downright scary but a fair bit happens in it (especially compared to The Girl Who Cried Monster) and Billy is a pretty likeable guy. The stuff with Larry and Uncle Al is just sinister enough. I'm probably biased because I remember the TV episode of this one so well and found Sabre scary as anything, but I do really like this one. The ending is a bit bizarre and I guess I should have problems with it but I don't for some reason. All in all, one of the strongest so far.

OMG so funny lol: Jay who coins the apparently hilarious phrase 'he purpled in his pants'

Getting crap past the radar: 'I ran back to the mess hall without changing my shorts.'

Terrible family alert: Even if they are aliens, is this weird camp testing system a common thing on their planet? Do they have to wait around for summer every year? Doesn't it cost far more money than it would ever be worth? Who even thought of it to begin with? WHAT ABOUT HIS TRAUMA???

Idiot of the year award: Billy is actually really sensible. He'd win an award for the most boring Goosebumps protagonist sure but hey, he's sensible.

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