In this novel for middle-grade readers, painfully shy Beatrice Gelman ends up at summer camp all by herself.|Twelve-year-old Bea Gelman and her best friend Frankie are planning to spend the summer together at Camp Shalom. But at the last minute, Frankie bows out, leaving Bea on her own. Poor Bea is so shy that just talking to strangers causes her to break out in hives. After being pranked by a couple of mean girls, Bea pretends to be really sick so she can spend her summer in the infirmary, away from everything that’s stressing her out. But then she meets Harry, a boy living with a very serious disease.
關鍵字詞: unusual pets | loneliness | family dynamics | hybrid graphic novel | unexpected friendship | pet ownership | humor | adventure | urban living | animals in the city