Sleepaway+Girls


 * //The Sleep Away Girls By: Jen Colonita//**

Reviewed By: Nichole Schultz In the book The Sleep Away Girls the main character is Sam Montegomery. When Sams best friend Mal gets a boyfriend, Mark, the two become inseperable. Sam gets annoyed by the couple and is dreading the summer. But when Sam gets a letter from the camp Whispering Pines saying shes been accepted as a C.I.T. ( counsler in training) she cant wait! The "Pines" (which is a nickname for the camp) is located in Catskills, NY, 2 hours away from Sams home Long Island, NY. On the first day sam gets assigned to a cabin. The girls in the cabin are Grace,Em,Court,Gabby and Ashley. Sam becomes quick friends with eveyone except Ashley and Gabby who seem to have something against Sam. When Sam gets assigned to Alexis (Ashleys older sister) as her main counsler Ashley even gets more mad then she already is at Sam. Right when Ashley thinks shes had enough of the new girl Sam, Hunter (Ashleys crush) starts flirting with Sam. Ashley starts to "bug" Sam by doing anything to make her upset. When Ashley purposely sprains Sams ankle so that she cant do the talent show Sam thinks she has had enough of Ashley. Sam starts to plan revenge on Ashley. And trys not to get caught in the action.

I would reccomend this book because it had a really good plot. It also had a ton of suspense leading up to the climax so it was really hard to stop reading. I learned from this book that revenge only gets you in trouble. I also learned to tell the truth or else your lie will just keep getting bigger. There were many surprises in this book so it was hard to predict. Over all The Sleep Away Girls was a great book.