Book Spotlights: Hurricamp! & Miscommunicamp!

Last year I was sent 2 midde-grade books in the Camp Hillside series by Steph Katzovi, Hurricamp! and Miscommunicamp! While I spend most of my time reading adult books, I do still enjoy YA and middle grade books once in a while. I haven’t gotten to read these two yet, but I wanted to do a spotlight. We’ve still got a little ways to go before summer, but with how cold and blustery it’s been here I thought it would be nice to highlight a summer series today!

Hurricamp! Synopsis
Ten-and-three-quarter-year-old Laura “Noodle” Newman had high hopes about going to sleepaway camp for the first time. Once she’s there, however, Noodle is miserable. No one can help her get over her terrible homesickness. Things go from bad to worse when Noodle panics while talking on the camp’s radio station. Noodle’s moment to shine becomes a bout of stage fright as her bunkmates laugh at her. As a menacing hurricane heads up the coast, life at Camp Hillside turns upside down. Through the craziness, Noodle realizes that only one person can make her feel better: herself.

Miscommunicamp! Synopsis
Laura “Noodle” Newman is finally back and more excited than ever to return for her second session at the one and only Camp Hillside.
Joined by some old friends and some new ones, Noodle is ready for this to be the best summer ever. But when her best friend Aries only wants to work on the camp play rather than help Noodle with her radio show like they talked about, things start to turn a little sour and Noodle doesn’t quite know how to deal with it.

From an enigmatic and theatrical camp counselor to mishaps at the Rock-and-Bowl, there’s one thing Camp Hillside never is-boring. Join Noodle and her friends as they navigate both the pitfalls and perks of growing up and learn that perhaps sometimes all you need when you’re a little lost is a good friend to lean on.

I definitely want to read these two books this summer!