2021 Pride Read-A-Thon Book Review:
Camp
💅💅💅💅/5💅
The moral of the story is we all deserve a place where it’s safe to be our full and true selves.
This the story about a place that provides that for Randy and his friends and all the kids who come to Camp Outland.
It’s a place where theater kids and kids into sports and all the interests in between can all be fully out and explore their interests and “interests” in a safe and accepting environment. For some of the kids at camp it’s the only place they get that and for some it’s an extension of home but more.
This summer Randy has a plan, he’s going to make his crush Hudson, fall for him. He’s a theater loving 16 year old who is determined to use his skills to become Del and be more like Hudson’s ideal and it could be the role of his life.
Until it works and he begins to learn that being someone else to get someone to love you isn’t such a good idea. Which brings us back to the moral of the story.
And oh how I’d love to see this version of Bye Bye Birdie.
And also, I’d love some Unicorn Trampocalypse nail polish.
And also, also- as the parent of a queer kid this one was an emotional read for me. I was quite sad and angry. I was so sad for Hudson and was so angry at his parents for the trauma they put him through.
(May not be appropriate for younger teens/tweens, there’s some steamy sex scenes.)
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