TTYL (Camp Confidential Series #5)

When the summer ended, the girls from bunk 3C assumed that everything would be the same at home as when they had left. But with middle school starting, they couldn’t have been more wrong. Now Natalie and Jenna are finding their social lives rapidly changing, and Grace and Alex are working harder than ever at school and sports. But when they find out that their bunkmate is going through some really tough times, they are eager to do anything they can. But how can they help her when they all live so far away?

When the summer ended, the girls from bunk 3C assumed that everything would be the same at home as when they had left. But with middle school starting, they couldn't have been more wrong. Now Natalie and Jenna are finding their social lives rapidly changing, and Grace and Alex are working harder than ever at school and sports. But when they find out that their bunkmate is going through some really tough times, they are eager to do anything they can. But how can they help her when they all live so far away?

Children's Literature

TTYL (talk to you later) promise the girls who shared Bunk 3C at an eight-week-long sleep-away camp. Through emails, instant messaging, and blogging, these far-apart friends keep in touch, give advice, and help each other work through the problems of boyfriends, middle school, and parents. There is Natalie who loves shopping, sushi, and hanging out with her best friend Hannah. But Natalie is growing up fast and has a new interest boys! Now Hannah is acting weird. Could Hannah be worried that Natalie is outgrowing her? Grace discovers drama at camp. She wants to join the after-school drama club but her parents say no. Grace is not the kind of girl who normally goes against her parents' wishes, but "desperate times call for desperate measures, don't they?" Jenna is tired of shuttling back and forth between her newly divorced mom and dad. It is not fair she is missing her friends' parties because she is expected to spend every weekend with her Dad. Her parents are the ones who split up. So why is Jenna the one who is suffering? And Alex is discovering that middle school is a whole lot different from elementary school. She has to try out for soccer for the first time ever. Alex knows she will not be a star like she was in fifth grade, but will she even make the team? From the "Camp Confidential" series, this book is a quick, easy, and entertaining read for girls only.

Melissa J. Morgan started going to sleep away camp when she was eight years old and didn't stop until her first job after grad school refused her request for eight weeks of summer vacation. She's since quit that job to become a full-time author. The only reason she didn't go back to camp is that her husband refused to join her. Melissa lives in New York with him and Bugle, their Chocolate Lab.