![]() ![]() Only Norah’s so isolated and the friendships she’s made have been so transient that she has become bitter and disagreeable. Norah isn’t a very likable girl, and she comes across as one of those stereotypical over-protected homeschoolers that I only find in books, not in real life. Norah, the daughter of the camp’s proprietors, is incredibly sheltered and naive and at the same time, she acts as if she knows all about human nature and modern technology. Really? Would anyone set off on a three month vacation without knowing anything about where he’s going or what he’ll be doing? But he stays anyway and spends his days cutting down trees to scare away the bears. He’s completely blindsided by the idea that the family has agreed to live like the pioneers, and he doesn’t know what to do about the entire experience. Gen’s dad goes on a three month vacation, not only not having read the brochure about the camp, but also not having listened to anything Gen’s mom told the family about the camp. Several of the characters were unbelievable. Unfortunately, Gen’s broken the rules by bringing along her new cell phone, and her friend back home has set up a blog to record all of Gen’s impressions of the place and the people in the “frontier” community. ![]() Gen’s family goes to a “frontier camp” for vacation, and they are expected to live like people in the 1890’s (ala PBS’s Frontier House, which the author acknowledges as inspiration at the end of the book). ![]() I read an ARC of this YA/middle grade title, and I thought it was just OK. ![]()
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