Customer Reviews

Letters from Camp

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

When I was a young girl I looked forward to every book that Carolyn Keene wrote. As an adult, I was so taken by the format of the Dennis Wheatley books that allowed the reader to solve the mystery by offering physical and visual clues.I believe that Kate and M.Sarah Klise have found the right combination for exciting and visually engaging childrens' books.

The other day I saw "Letters From Camp" on my daughter's desk and asked if I could read it. What a clever,engaging,entertaining,visually stimulating,and thought-provoking book. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. I turned each page not only to see how the drama played out but also to see what visual surprise awaited me next.

Each character was clearly defined in text and in visual aspects, so the plot exposition is a complete experience. Besides that,it was such fun to read and follow the absurd antics of the cast of characters. We all know that children do not like their parents' music, but this tale gave new meaning to generation gap.

I'm not sure what a 10 year old would say, but this 55 year old wished her camp experiences had been a bit more like those in "Letters From Camp"; excitement at every turn.

I will be purchasing several copies for my child's school library, so that they can enjoy this kookie camp experience as well as ordering several copies from amazon.com to share as gifts for my friends' children and cousins.

Because of TV, children grow up visually and mentally more sophisticated. I think that the Klise sisters have developed a type of presentation that is engaging in text and visually stimulating to children. Bravo to them both! Children can now be part of an adventure and participate in the unfolding of a sinister plot that has danger and intrigue, along with humor and a sort of tongue in cheek approach to being scared.

This book is a great mystery for young children of ages 9-12. You will laugh as the 6 children tell you the tales of a month of camp at "Camp Happy Harmony." You can always count on a book like this to supply you with countless hours of laughter.

I think Letters From Camp is an excellent book. This book is the second in a series of books written in the form of letters, notes, and postcards. In Letters From Camp, a group of brothers and sisters who don't get along very well go to a camp that's supposed to make them stop fighting. Instead, the counslers treat them like dirt. The kids try to send letters to their parents telling them to come and get them. In the letters, they explain that the counslers are feeding them awful food, and are trying to get rid of the only nice person, Lyle Splink. The letters aren't getting to their parents. While these top-notch siblings try to uncover the mystery, they learn how to treat each other respectfully and kindly. Both books in series are written with detail and surprises. I would highly recommend these books for kids 7 to 10.

This book was really fun to read and good. I read it in two hours because it was so interesting I couldn't stop reading it. I rated it five stars because I thought it was a cool story. I liked the way it was written because it had letters, newspaper articles, documents, lists and stuff like that. It was also a mystery but what I liked the reader knows the whole case on both sides. The criminal's side and the kids' who were solving the case side. At some parts the book was a little hard to understand but if you want to read a cool mystery book with evidence right before your eyes this book is probably for you.

Letters from Camp is about 6 kids who go to Camp Happy Harmony. The parents think that the camp is a good thing but it's not. The Harmony family members are mean and cruel. They make them do the chores around he farm.The Harmony Family is very nasty.

I recommend the book because it is a good mystery that is not so scary. You can read the book before bed and not have to worry about nightmares that sometimes happen when you read a really scary book. Enjoy reading the book!

I thought this book was so exciting and it was very hard to put down. I read this book for a book report and going into it I did not think I would like it but as it turned out I did!

I think that this book was very well written and illustrated. The characters were very interesting to read about. My favorite was Barby Q.. I loved the way the kids found a way to solve the mystery and how in the end they made their own camp. It was a kind of camp that I would like to stay at for the Summer. Please keep writing.

My daughter loves this series. Its a quick read but entertaining. She is looking forward to the next book in the series.

I was disappointed in this book selection. The stories in the book were nothing like actual letters from camp written by young campers to their parents. To me, a complete waste of money. The book ended up in the trash!

This book just came in the mail today, and I was very disappointed with the very low mass paperback quality of this print. The product description only said Paperback, which is a better quality than Mass Paperback. Due to the scrapbook nature of this book, the varying prints (some very light), typeface, and font sizes make some pages hard to read.

This is the second time in my experience that Amazon failed to accurately disclose the print quality of their books. I had ordered a Hardcover of another book, only to receive a Paperback of the same.