SUMMER CAMP EMILY'S PRANKING PROBLEM BY WENDY L BRANDES STONE ARCH BOOKS a capstone imprint
CHAPTER 1 We were two weeks into my fifth year at Camp Mon Mon Lake Some of the best parts of summer were still ahead Color War the hiking and canoeing trip the Tri-Camp Games the Group Show and Brother-Sister Day with Eagle Rock the boys camp Being the super-competitive twelve-year-old twelve-year-old girl that I am I loved it all And I think I loved it more than ever this year because it meant I wouldn’t be at home
My parents had been fighting a lot during the past few months huge blowouts over really stupid things Maybe Dad would lose his keys and he would start grumbling Then within a few minutes he and Mom would be screaming at each other Or Mom would get totally angry if Dad was running late and she’d completely lose her cool The whole year was like that So my older brother Zac and I were more excited than usual to go to camp just to get away from everything at home We counted down the days till our buses left Even though I usually jump right in and share my every thought about everything I didn’t want anyone at camp to know about what was going on at home I wanted everyone to think I was the same Emily that I’d always been I worried that if they knew they’d treat me differently And then there
