I certainly don’t do this book any sort of justice, but suffice to say that this is not the only storyline occuring. Soccer, chess, swimming so good in fact that he saves one of his counsellors from drowning. As a matter of fact, he’s great at everything he does. It’s not that he cant as we soon find out, but he just doesn’t want to. Rudy is an extremely intelligent child and comes up with a quip a minute. The counsellors are none the wiser on this occasion, so they head out the next morning again, equipped with a bucket, but fall asleep and end up back on the island because the sailboat has gone around in a circle. First, they take a boat before dawn and get caught by the OPP and sent back because they don’t have a bailing bucket. Mike hates camp as much as Rudy does and together they attempt to escape the island. Rudy meets Mike who has been sent to camp as a reward from his parents for good grades. He hasn’t met Rudy Miller yet, and he’s no ordinary kid. Arthur’s take is that all boys are just boys. It has been recommended by the school’s guidance counsellors that Rudy attend camp to improve his interpersonal skills to essentially become a “normal” child. His parents write to the camp Director, Arthur Warden out of concern. I really enjoyed camp, but Rudy Miller doesn’t. When I read this book, I picture this place and can relate to some of it. Camp Algonkian reminds me of camps that I attended, such as Camp Wahonowan on Lake Couchiching for band camp.
This is an early teen book that shows the absolute absurdity of what can go wrong at camp.
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