How to (Almost) Ruin Your Summer

Written by Taryn Souders

Chloe's summer camp chaos threatens her plan to earn a new bike.

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240 pages· 39,545 words· Est. 5.5 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Eleven-year-old Chloe McCorkle faces a summer of unexpected chaos at Camp Minnehaha. With dreams of earning a new bike through cake decorating, her plans are derailed by a mischievous goat, an unkillable spider, and a demanding bunkmate. As camp ends, Chloe must navigate these challenges to see if she can still achieve her goal. Will she find a way to turn her summer around, or will her dreams crumble like a poorly frosted cupcake? Dive into Chloe's hilarious and unpredictable adventure to find out.

From the publisher

Join eleven year old Chloe McCorkle on her trip to summer Camp Minnehaha in this action-packed, laugh-out-loud book perfect for middle schoolers and kids ages 9 to 12.Someone once told me that money can’t buy a girl happiness. Well, they obviously never had to ride a baby bike to the first day of middle school.There is no way eleven-year old Chloe is going into the sixth grade riding her old pink bicycle! But before she can earn money for a new bike, she’s shipped off to career camp.She decides to make the best of it: she’ll learn cake decorating and earn money when she gets home, frosting cupcakes at a local shop. But nothing goes according to plan. Between fighting off a rampaging goat named King Arthur, a spider that just won’t die, and a prima donna bunkmate named Victoria Radamoskovich, there’s no time left for Chloe to learn cake decorating.When the last day of camp comes, will Chloe be ready to cupcake-decorate her way to a new bike? Or does everything really have to go to plan?

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