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Camp Average / Craig Battle.
"Camp Average is a middle-grade novel that tells the story of a group of 11-year-old boys sharing Cabin 10 at a six-week summer sports camp for boys. The actual name of the place is Camp Avalon, but the kids call it Camp Average, because they never win at any sport. And that's the way they like it. But this summer, Winston, the new camp director doesn't like losing, and he's not about to start! Led by the main protagonist, Mack, and his best friend Andre, the boys in Cabin 10 have a different plan. They're going to lose like they've never lost before, at every sport, but especially at the baseball tournament with the three nearby powerhouse camps. That way, they'll get their summer back! In a story full of plotting, planning and plenty of push-ups, it's a full court press on losing for the campers, strategic play-by-play for the camp director, and great teamwork on all sides. Who will come out on top?"
Record details
- ISBN: 9781771473057
- Physical Description: 234 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Owlkids Books, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019.
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| Subject: | Sports camps > Juvenile fiction. Camps > Juvenile fiction. Baseball > Tournaments > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Humorous fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Headingley Municipal Library.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headingley Municipal Library | J BAT (Text) | 36440000274420 | Junior Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2019 June #1
When a group of boys discover that their usual summer-camp adventures have been traded for more conventional fare, they know that something has to be done. The boys of Cabin 10 love Camp Avalonâknown as Camp Average to the surrounding camps. Sure, there's sports, but they also have time to take part in other activities. That is until their new camp director decides to make the junior camp more competitive and exclusively sports-focused. Mack, Andre, and the rest of their cabin miss their typical (i.e., non-athletic) adventures and plot ways to make the new camp itinerary go awry. Whether the boys are playing poorly or losing on purpose, the camp director always seems to be one step ahead of them. The boys' games and pranks are clever and there is plenty of baseball to please sports fans. Tweens will relate to the hilarious camp hijinks and the ending hints that there may be more to come for Camp Average and Cabin 10. A fun summer read. Grades 4-8. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2019 March #2
A new administrator's efforts to remake an easygoing boys' sports camp into an athletic powerhouse meet spirited resistance. Loosely branded as a sports camp, Camp Avalon (aka Camp Average), unlike its better-funded competitors, doesn't specialize in one sport. While directors annually remind campers about its sole baseball tournament win (1951), many activities aren't competitive or even sportsâuntil director Winston takes charge, canceling traditional events and activities and banning hot dogs and sugary cereals. After exhaustive athletic-aptitude testing, each camper is assigned a sport, which they'll spend all day, every day, playing. Eleven-year-old Mack Jones, white, and Andre Jennings, a dark-skinned, talented pitcher, both land baseball, as does Nelson Ramos, YouTube celebrity toy-and-game reviewer, a baseball newbie with awesome hand-eye coordination. Winning trumps all: Poor test results consign brainy, well-liked Miles to keeping score and maintaining statist ics. Led by Mack, who misses water-skiing, the kids rebel, spectacularly losing games against other camps. As Winston doubles down, adding "boot camp" practice, war escalates. The athletes grow dispiritedâlosing intentionally is still losingâbut then Miles makes a discovery. Mack and friends are endearing, authentic tweens, their bond transcending sports. Camp, campers, and counselors (default white, with names conveying cultural diversity for the most part) are portrayed with unsentimental affection. Sports journalist Battle, past editor of Canadian children's magazine Owl, brings a sharp, satirical eye to trends benign and otherwise in children's sports. Hilarious, irreverent, and timely, highly recommended for sports fans, summer-camp alums, and preteen-years survivors. (Fiction. 8-13) Copyright Kirkus 2019 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved.
