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Brain Camp

by Susan Kim, Laurence Klavan, Faith Erin Hicks (Illustrator)

3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 · rating details · 732 ratings · 146 reviews

Neither artistic, dreamy Jenna nor surly, delinquent Lucas expected to find themselves at an invitation-only summer camp that turns problem children into prodigies. And yet, here they both are at Camp Fielding, settling in with all the other losers and misfits who’ve been shipped off by their parents in a last-ditch effort to produce a child worth bragging about.

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Published August 3rd 2010 by First Second

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Jul 08, 2012 Katherine rated it 3 of 5 stars

Although many of you may know my love for Sailor Moon and Fruits Basket, this is actually my first venture into graphic novels. I saw this in the new shelf of the YA section of my library, and it looked extremely familiar. Maybe Dannymarksya reviewed it? Since reading Sharp Objects, I've been going through a bit of a reading slump, and I thought this would be just the thing to get me out of it.

You can read goodread's summary above, but overall, I thought this was quite an imaginative albeit pre...more

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Sep 15, 2011 Ezekiel rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya, graphic-novel, sci-fi-fantasy

Brain Camp is the story of a creepy camp and the kids that get send there. As readers we focus primarily on Jenna (living in a family full of doctors and medically-minded siblings, but who prefers to doodle and goof around), Lucas (a standard latchkey kid, whose mother yells at him for misbehaving while sitting on the couch watching TV), and their growing friendship as they try to uncover what is making everyone at Camp Fielding so creepy (and so smart and over-achieving).

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Jun 17, 2011 Donovan rated it 4 of 5 stars

I'm not certain what made me pick up this book, but I'm glad I did. The story focuses on two smart, but unchallenged and underachieving, kids who get sent away to a weird summer camp which is only open by invitation. They end up bonding over the terrible food and the absurdities visited upon them by the camp staff and other campers. It seems like a typical sleep-away camp adventure until the strange nighttime visits by counselors and suspicious disappearances of other campers. To get to the bott...more

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May 29, 2011 Monica! rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2011, whee-pictures, tastes-like-children-i-mean-chicken, i-see-dead-people, yippie-kay-ai-motherf-cker, robots-and-rockets-and-scifi-oh-my

Jenna and Lucas, described respectively by their parents and teachers as "a real underachiever" and "a lazy slacker with a bad attitude," have found themselves at Camp Fielding. The camp promises a Summer of Learning and Fun, and indeed, as time goes on the campers do grow increasingly brilliant.

The super intelligence, unfortunately, appears to coincide with zombie-like obedience, followed by uncontrollable vomiting of feathers, convulsions, and sudden death. Apparently (view spoiler)...more

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Mar 16, 2011 Carmelo Guevara rated it 4 of 5 stars

Fielding Camp is taking hold of Jennna and Lucas, along with other loosers. They are unaware of whats going on inside the Camp. But they both slowly reveal the vaccination, Camp Fielding gives to the kids. Lucas and Jennna whant some answers so they stay late almost evry night, and they witness what happens. 2 kids they seem to be students of the head of Fielding Camp, they vaccinate the kids, Lucas aperantly was never vaccinated because he always stayd late, i think Jenna was always out like in...more

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Sep 12, 2010 Nicola rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: arc, own

Reason for Reading: I really enjoy Canadian Faith Erin Hicks' work and just seeing she'd illustrated this book put it on my radar but once I'd read the plot I knew the story would be right up my alley.

This is a spooky, eerie, creepy, but fun little story that had the Twilight Zone theme music playing in my head at certain moments when sudden weird things were noticed. I had a great time reading this. Ms. Hicks' illustration is perfect for the theme, with her dark outlined characters, expressive...more Reason for Reading: I really enjoy Canadian Faith Erin Hicks' work and just seeing she'd illustrated this book put it on my radar but once I'd read the plot I knew the story would be right up my alley.

This is a spooky, eerie, creepy, but fun little story that had the Twilight Zone theme music playing in my head at certain moments when sudden weird things were noticed. I had a great time reading this. Ms. Hicks' illustration is perfect for the theme, with her dark outlined characters, expressive faces and eyes that are always a bit too big for the heads. A full range of colour is used but the matching blue shirts of the campers are used to an added creepy effect and the startling bright monotones of sand for a flashback and green for a nightmare were very effective.

Both Jenna and Lucas end up at Camp Fielding because it is their parents last hope for them. They are both very smart but don't show it. Lucas is a slacker running with the wrong crowd and his alcoholic mother doesn't waste a moment letting him know how disappointing and stupid he is. Jenna, on the other hand, comes from a family of overachievers, both her parents are specialized doctors, her little sister is a genius planning her own specialized medical career, while Jenna just can't join the family game. She acts out, being silly, embarrassing her parents and doesn't bother to try to apply herself. Camp Fielding is an educational camp that is supposed to turn out geniuses. Both Jenna and Lucas are sent as a last resort. But things are not as they would have expected. They are only fed slop. Special campers are given ice cream treats for no particular reason. When Jenna's ice cream is stolen by another girl she finds her bunk mates are all sleeping like the dead. Then a camper goes missing and when Jenna and Lucas venture into the woods and peek inside a solitary cabin they find, what they see has them scared out of their wits.

Not an overly complicated story and character development is focused on Jenna and Lucas. Even though they both do have a friend in their bunks, these characters are just used as plot devices and the rest of the campers are simply background. The story runs on plot alone and is a fun ride. Not entirely unpredictable, but creepy and enjoyable. I had a great read with it and like any good Twilight Zone episode it has an ending with a twist. (less)

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Aug 29, 2010 Karin rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult-fiction, graphic-novel, summer-camp, aliens, science-fiction, borrowed-from-the-library

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Jenna and Lucas are underachievers. Jenna’s from a family of intelligent, professionals, and her younger sister is a genius, but Jenna herself doesn’t have the ambition or drive that her parents expect. Lucas comes from more modest circumstances and although he’s smart, he doesn’t care about school. He runs a bit wild, gets into a lot of trouble, and, according to his alcoholic mother, will probably end up in prison. That is all going to change when Jenna and Lucas are shipped off to a special (...more Jenna and Lucas are underachievers. Jenna’s from a family of intelligent, professionals, and her younger sister is a genius, but Jenna herself doesn’t have the ambition or drive that her parents expect. Lucas comes from more modest circumstances and although he’s smart, he doesn’t care about school. He runs a bit wild, gets into a lot of trouble, and, according to his alcoholic mother, will probably end up in prison. That is all going to change when Jenna and Lucas are shipped off to a special (secret) summer camp that is supposed to turn them into the brilliant and useful members of society that their parents want them to be.

After adjusting to camp activities (but not so much camp food – yuck), Jenna and Lucas learn that there’s something very weird going on with their fellow campers. They’re all becoming super smart (as promised), but there’s something creepy about the way they look and act. The two teens do some investigating and when they’re caught, they’re shown how the other teens have been given injections – that keep them safe (supposedly) from a dangerous plague. They decide to trust the camp director and counselors and receive the injections. Then, they too, begin to change. Because Jenna and Lucas have formed such a close bond, however, their personalities stay intact as their intellect increases – and they learn that everyone has been lying to them.

What’s really going on? Well, it’s hardly what you’d expect. Apparently, a race of alien bird creatures needed incubators for its chicks (their world was destroyed), and one of the side-effects of housing these aliens is increased intelligence. The birds made a deal with some of the humans, and the result is this camp, this experiment. Jenna and Lucas break out and discover a formula to return themselves and their fellow campers to normal (it causes their bodies to reject the alien bird fetuses). They introduce the “antidote” into the camp’s swimming pool. Just as they’re about to jump in themselves, the adult alien bird creature shows up and attacks them. They get it to crash land in the pool where it also transforms. Everything goes back to normal. Or, sort of. Jenna and Lucas seem to have retained their brilliance, and their former camp director is now the new Secretary of Education. Uh-oh?

This was weird, wild, and wacky, and I liked it a lot. It’s like summer camp crossed with Scooby-Doo/Mystery Inc. investigation. I can totally imagine the Camp Director getting caught and sputtering, “And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for these pesky kids!” I have a feeling this is a one-shot wonder, but it would be great if there were sequels. Will the alien birds be back? Why the heck did they choose Earth/humans anyway? What’s the Camp Director/Senator going to do now? Why did Jenna and Lucas keep their new-found intelligence (or is it something they always had, and just never utilized)? Is this just a summer mystery alien invasion romance, or will they have further adventures together? See? There are so many other avenues for exploration. Full-color artwork, but creepy pall over everything.
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Aug 22, 2010 thewanderingjew rated it 2 of 5 stars

Brain Camp, Susan Kim
This is a weird little science fiction graphic novel for young teenagers. Aliens are trying to save their world by reproducing themselves on earth in the bodies of children.
Parents are encouraged to send their difficult kids to Camp Fielding where they are promised that their children will become geniuses and well behaved. Once there, the children are fed food which tranquilizes them and then they are inoculated with a serum that causes the alien to grow within their bodies...more

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Sep 06, 2011 Nic rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novel

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Based on the title and cover, plus the recent zombie craze, I'd expected this to be a zombie book. Was pleasantly surprised to find otherwise - not because I have an issue with zombies (otherwise, obviously, I wouldn't have picked up a book I thought was a zombie book), but just because it's nice to see something different.

Hard to decide what the mood is here. It's horror, I suppose. The book does a good job imitating some of the tone of teenagers, adding some realism, and some of the scary stuf...more Based on the title and cover, plus the recent zombie craze, I'd expected this to be a zombie book. Was pleasantly surprised to find otherwise - not because I have an issue with zombies (otherwise, obviously, I wouldn't have picked up a book I thought was a zombie book), but just because it's nice to see something different.

Hard to decide what the mood is here. It's horror, I suppose. The book does a good job imitating some of the tone of teenagers, adding some realism, and some of the scary stuff is truly scary, despite the cartoony style of the illustrations. The fact that Sherry and the two campers from the beginning apparently die brings the horror side home.

Each of the protagonists has a physical puberty-type change happen in the book: Jenna starts her period, and Lucas has what seems to be his first wet dream. It's interesting that these moments are included. I'm all in favor of normalizing events like these - which are, after all, normal - but both points seem to be kind of non sequiters; neither really ties into the plot. I like, though, that the book includes these events and yet has no content that's actually sexual, unless you count two brief kisses or the content of Lucas' dream, which is just Jenna dancing in a red dress. This is nice, because it acknowledges things that happen in the lives of young teens (the protagonists are just thirteen), but without sexualizing them.

The aliens confuse me a bit. How is it that Jenna's family knows a girl who came out of this camp just fine, plus new intelligence and knowledge, as opposed to dead? Indeed, it seems many kids do. Are these kids in whom the freaky bird-alien babies were stillborn, or was there some way of delivering the babies without harming the kids, and it just doesn't seem to work on everyone?

(This is aside from how odd I find it that the alien embryos impart not just intelligence but actual knowledge, e.g. bestowing upon Jenna the ability to rewire a lawn mower into a Segway with no instructions.) (Also the fact that, despite seemingly gestating inside the kids' brains, they can be removed through their mouths - sometimes without causing serious damage.)

The aliens made me think. No one in the book reflects on this too much, but there's no reason to see the aliens as evil, per se. They're certainly enemies of humans, and they're scary, but they seem to be using humans (with the unfortunate - but maybe uncommon? - side effect of the humans' death) to reproduce themselves, apparently their only remaining way to save their species from extinction. Humans have used/manipulated/killed other creatures - sometimes entire species - for reasons way less compelling than that. Plus, the giant bird-critter actually asked Jenna and Lucas nicely not to kill the last two alien hatchlings; the fact that not doing so would, presumably, as far as the kids knew, at least, result in their own deaths, puts a weird kind of alien-logic spin on the creature's request.

At the end of the book, I wonder whether the former senator has in fact discovered a safer way to do this - kids get super-smart and don't die doing it, aliens get born, everybody happy (if a bit horrifically traumatized on the part of the kids). I mean, presumably it worked fine on some kids, anyway . . . although I guess those really might all have been stillborn aliens. That would explain the dead alien embryo outside Jenna's window early on . . . but the alien only mentions three miscarriages. So did all of the other smart-kid ex-campers, like Jenna's Yale-bound acquaintance, successfully deliver their alien babies, or what? This is a pretty important plot point!

All that said, I like the characters and illustrations a lot. Enough to at least round up to four stars from the 3.5 I'd probably give the book overall.(less)

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Sep 01, 2011 Leslie rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: comics-graphic-novel, young-adult, a-boy-s-shelf, horror, has-the-romance, middle-school-11-14, science-fiction

If you are over the age of 12 or 13 and are looking for a scary summer camp story, Brain Camp is not for you. Could it be a fun read regardless? It has its moments, but they are few and far between. Truly, this is a graphic novel for the younger crowd who are more likely to respond in horror on cue, be appropriately grossed out, and may not have seen Doctor Who.

The novel opens with Camp Fielding, an orienteering activity in the woods, two teens arguing about who got there first. I can almost her...more

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Feb 05, 2011 Christy rated it 2 of 5 stars

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Interesting opening: by page 4 I thought two kids were dying as they were coughing up bird feathers.

Characters give hilarious descriptions of themselves as they are labeled in school as "bright" but an "underachiever" or a trouble maker, or hyper. I see this often in schools, and some kids you just question what you can do to motivate them, so they often get labeled as such.

Recommended for mature middle school ages & up: girl begins period; insinuated wet-dr...more

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Oct 01, 2011 Terry rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: High School age and above

Shelves: first-reads

Brain Camp.
This is a tough one for me to review - there were things I loved and things I hated. Even now my star rating keeps changing as I write this.

Loved:
-The artwork. Perfect!
-The storyline with a few big exceptions. Great idea, fun and creepy enough, yet not too real. It had enough of those, slap-you-upside-the-head from out-of-nowhere moments, and the "Is this necessary? Really?" thoughts to totally burst my bubble.
-The protagonists. Likeable and interesting enough, though I'd like to hav...more Brain Camp.
This is a tough one for me to review - there were things I loved and things I hated. Even now my star rating keeps changing as I write this.

Loved:
-The artwork. Perfect!
-The storyline with a few big exceptions. Great idea, fun and creepy enough, yet not too real. It had enough of those, slap-you-upside-the-head from out-of-nowhere moments, and the "Is this necessary? Really?" thoughts to totally burst my bubble.
-The protagonists. Likeable and interesting enough, though I'd like to have seen a little more development with each one.
-The uniqueness of the story. Not a copy cat.
-Read in one sitting. For some creepy reason I couldn't stop till the end.
-Actually had a moral. Love conquers all.
Even freaky, alien-chicken, body-snatching embryos. Oh, and bad parents who are in on the whole thing.

Hated:
-The nocturnal emission scene which even goes so far as to show our hero washing his undies out with the emitted substance very visible on them.
Ok, I have an imagination as I believe most people do. It's pretty vivid on its own without the, 'in-your-face, look at this, see it, see it, see it?!' point shoved up my nose. Did you really have to spell it out (or illustrate it out as the case may be)? Was it that important to the story? NO! Geez!
The authors totally blew it for me with that scene. (No pun intended).
-Along the same lines, our heroine starts her period. Although, more tastefully done, (bloody underwear was not shown thank God), it still wasn't necessary to the story.
We get it. These are teenagers, and these are normal occurrences in the lives of teenagers. These incidents had no bearing on the story whatsoever, except to raise the age limit of possible future readers. Backfire!

Overall, it was a fun read and I did enjoy it. I will probably read it again sometime too. I give it 4 stars, probably would have given it 5 except for the 'Hates' listed above. So 4 stars it is.
Oh my word... That's scary. I think they've gotten in my brain now. Yikes!

Won through GoodReads First Reads Program. Thank you First Second Publishing for making it possible for me to read this book. (less)

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Jun 27, 2012 David rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-youth-type, graphic-novels, horror

Ooooh.... Skeeeeery things are happening at Camp Fielding... very scary things. Gruesome things.

Of course, when you're an underachieving kid with a bad rep, who's going to BELIEVE you when you say so?? And you can't solve ALL problems all by yourself...

I reallyn really enjoyed this book, and provided a youth isn't too bothered by semi-gruesome monster gore, or the concept of mindless zombie-type control over someone, this would be a great entry-level book for Horror, for the younger set- amusing...more

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Mar 09, 2012 Rach rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, graphic-novels

As always, I love Faith Erin Hicks' artwork. Her drawings are strong and graphic, but still emotional and evocative. I probably liked this story less than Hicks' own stories, but it was still entertaining, and worth a read. Jenna and Lucas, two underachieving kids who constantly disappoint their parents, unexpectedly receive scholarships to attend a fancy summer camp for smart kids. When they arrive, they soon discover that the other kids at camp are slowing turning into mindless zombie-like bra...more

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Oct 11, 2011 Kyle rated it 3 of 5 stars

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May 01, 2013 Sam rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novel, teens, science-fiction

This is a strange little tale that finds two teenagers sent to a camp that promises to turn them (and I quote) into winners! At first it seems a case of mass mind washing but things quickly take a turn for the surreal as Jenna and Lucas discover there is a lot more to this camp than meets the eye. While the illustrations are superb I found the story only vaguely interesting as it seems familiar to me somehow. I don't whether its because its the kind of story that seems familiar but isn't or if i...more

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Sep 19, 2011 Jessica at Book Sake rated it 3 of 5 stars

This is a classic "Body Snatchers" story. Not to say that is bad, it's actually a pretty fun story. It sets up the eerie mood right from the start. But it's not just a creepy story, you get to see a real friendship grow between the two characters. The only thing holding it back is that is sticks tight to the "Body Snatcher" story arc and is fairly predictable because of it. However it is well told and expertly handled.

The artwork is very stylized, you could say cartoony. But the characters are v...more

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Jun 20, 2011 Regina rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-juvenile, graphic-novels, young-adult

Jenna and Lucas are pains at home. Jenna is too silly and free-spirited for her prestigious and acadademic family. Her parents worry about her, and her younger sister doesn't even want to be seen with her. Lucas, son of a single mom, gets horrible grades despite his intellect. Both teens and families are surprised when a representative from Camp Fielding visits their home to invite/recruit them.

Camp Fielding is wierd, with no real teachers, only elaborate problems and scenarios for campers to de...more

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Feb 01, 2013 Nathan Herald rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013-challenge

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Two kids who are basically "failures" are selected to join a very exclusive summer camp. Summer camps are famous for being creepy, deadly, or just plain weird, but Camp Fielding has them all beat, hands down. Campers are changing, often overnight - average intelligence to hyper-smart, and it's up to Jenna and Lucas to solve the problem before they too succumb to the hidden evil.
On paper, this is a brilliant idea, but for some reason, it never gets off the ground - either the pa...more

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Jan 11, 2011 Raina rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: creepyish, graphicnovel, sci-fi, ya

Jenna and Lucas get shipped off to a new summer camp at the last minute. While there, they encounter a creepy (and very unique) monster. Will they avoid the metamorphosis into zombie state that most of their co-campers seem to be experiencing?

Pretty pure sci-fi, definitely YA, creepy. Approachable illustration style (Faith Erin Hicks also illustrated The War at Ellsmere which I really liked. Didn't grab me particularly well, but enjoyable enough.

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Oct 01, 2011 ~Isaac rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book was very good. I read it, then picked it up and read it again. It had wonderful characters that i could really relate to. i would recommend this book to anyone 7th grade or higher. the book was full of suspense, and i was sitting on the edge of my couch as i devoured page after page. this is the only book i have read by susan kim, but from what i can tell, she is a very good author. parts of it are exciting, and other parts are funny. it has some themes that might not be appropriate fo...more

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Jul 17, 2012 Jesse rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novel

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Dec 05, 2010 Reader rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-read-november-2010, meh-reads

This should work better than it does. The creepy factor is fun, but unfortunately Kim and Klavan don't quite know how to balance out some of the more disturbing elements with their storytelling. Two kids are sent to a summer camp for accelerated learners, in spite of the fact that they're not exactly geniuses. Once there, they join together when they realize that there something strange going on. Formerly surly cabinmates are now over-achieving ever-smiling zombies. And that's before they see th...more

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Feb 21, 2013 Janie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal, spy-kids, graphic-novels, 3-stars

This was good. It's a pretty bizarre premise (view spoiler) I liked the character design and I'm always a fan of full-color graphic novels. I feel like this could've been longer to expand on the bizarre premise. Its length didn't allow for that much explanation for many of the events. The camp counselers and parents (view spoiler). The ending is a little forced. But I liked it well enough....more

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Aug 12, 2010 R rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novel, ya, middle-grade, own

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Jun 15, 2011 Evan rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, graphic-novels-comics

Two underachieving students, Lucas and Jenna, are sent away to an experimental "Brain Camp" to excell. Upon arriving, a typical 'uncool kids at camp' story quickly becomes a 'normal place with a dark secret' story as something very unusual is going on at this camp.

It's a short, paranoid teen graphic novel that taps into suspicions teens may have about parents and teachers desperately trying to get them to behave. The secret, it turns out, is more goofy than menacing but I liked to interaction be...more

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Nov 29, 2012 CLA_MA rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: adventure, boy-appeal, fiction, friendship, graphic-novel, middle-grade, horror, science-fiction

Jenna and Lucas are two young teens who don't seem to fit in. Jenna's family are all geniuses and Jenna's immaturity and fixation on role-playing are troubling. Lucas has been sucked into the wrong crowd of friends and is continuously getting into trouble with the law. They are shipped off to Camp Fielding, where their families are assured that their behaviors will be 'fixed,' and return super smart. There's only one problem, Jenna and Lucas don't want to be fixed. Especially when it seems like...more

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Sep 18, 2011 Mcgyver5 rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novels

I read this and thought, "who agreed to publish this garbage?"
I get that it is for seventh graders and up and I'm 44, but I was previewing it for my kids and I found it devoid of value. Initially, the outsider characters seemed promising, but the plot made no sense. The theme was one of "strict white-bread discipline camp is really a front for a generic EVIL" and something about aliens but the writers became to bored to see it through convincingly and by some sorrowful chain of events it got pu...more

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Sep 23, 2011 Wandering Librarians rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: action, boy-appeal, friendship, good-for-anyone, graphic-novel, great-graphic-novels-for-girls, horror, middle-grade, science-fiction, romance

I think it's a well documented fact that I generally don't like horror. This was just enough science fiction mixed in with horror to completely entertain me. Lucas and Jenna are sassy, engaging, and funny. Their families are pretty off the wall and yet believable. And spoiler: the camp is implanting alien birds into the heads of their campers, which is killing some of them off. Watching the camp director yank a bird fetus from some kid's throat was disturbing to say the least.

Fun, hilarious, an...more

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Aug 19, 2011 Christen rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novels

While I did enjoy this graphic novel with its sci-fi elements, I had a few reservations. The timeline seems to jump ahead (using blank white pages to indicate this) but I felt at a loss to understand what had happened between jumps and where to pick up in the character's relationships. It didn't always seem logical or set up well enough, perhaps assuming too much that the reader knew what the author/artist had in mind. The relationships were cute, but like the plot, not always developed and rush...more

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