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The Mudpack and Me
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SOLVED. Tween or YA fiction: Girl goes to summer camp to lose weight. befriends a girl and they have a grand ole time together. accidently plug up the drains with skin clay, etc. Read late 1990's. [s]
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I didn't see it on either list, but I used Google advanced book search and I think I found it! The Mudpack and Me by Joan Thompson.
Glad you found it!The Mudpack and Me for the link.
What are two 13 year-olds doing at a health resort? Susan Hubbard wants to lose ten pounds; her roommate, Tessa DeCosta is there on her soap opera star-mother's orders. Before long the two become great friends, and in no time they are into mudpacks, manicures, and mystery.
The girl goes to this camp and is roomed with another girl her age. I think her name was Tessa. Tessa is the daughter of some famous actor? singer? and has a difficult relationship with her. Tessa wants to live with her dad instead of her mom. The girls become friends and have a pretty good time together. They have special guests come and one specializes in make-up, and campers get a chance to get a makeover. There is an older teen camp aid all the ladies (and girls) are obsessed with named Lorenzo? Super hot apparently.
The meals are rationed according to weight goals.
There are 'mud' baths for skin health/exfoliation, and the girls try it but fall asleep, the mud hardens and they move like mummies to the shower to get it off.. it ends up clogging the drains and a meal is postponed due to flooding.. all the hungry people are mad. lol
They befriend a handful of adults while they're there as well.
The girls eventually 'stalk' poor Lorenzo and find he's been hiding a puppy he rescued in the woods.. the camp has a 'no pet' policy due to allergies so he's worried he'll lose his job but he doesn't want to abandon the dog.
SPOILER
The girl ends up losing the 'perfect' amount of weight to start off the school year right. Her friend Tessa grows brave enough to tell her mom she wants to live with her dad. One of the girls ends up taking the dog home. It was a cute read.