I read this book to the students in my class this week. We were reading Arthur books for a week or so, and I read a few to them. This book finds Arthur getting ready to go to summer camp. He does not want to go and begs his parents not to make him. Before he even gets to the camp he is writing his parents asking them to come pick him up. Weird things keep happening to Arthur and his friends. At first they think it is the girls, but then the girls have strange things happening to them as well. The boys decide they are going to hide out one night and see what is going on. THey discover that it is campers from another camp trying to scare them. The boys and girls work together to get the other camp back. Meanwhile Arthur has decided to run away since his parents wouldn't come pick him up. The two camps have a scavenger hunt each year, so this year Buster and the other campers decide to scare the mean campers and win the scavenger hunt, all is going good until they can't find a flashlight. Arthur turns on his flashlight as he is running away and helps his friends win the scavenger hunt. Arthur writes his parents and says he is having a great time and he can't wait to come back next year.
This was very well received in the class. The students really enjoyed the story and thought it was funny. A great way to use this in the classroom would have the students write about a time they were scared and everything turned out ok like it did in Arthur's situation. The illustrations in this book were great as well and really gave a visual about what the campers were going through.
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