Lizzie B. Hayes and the Great Camp Caper

<p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgb(83 90 98);>Lizzie B. Hayes and the Great Camp Caper is a middle grade children's fiction chapter book. It is the second book in the popular Lizzie B. Hayes series. Through historical fiction KP Carter shares childhood coming of age stories about life in the 1960's.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(83 90 98);>After the 1967 rebellion in Newark NJ Lizzie's neighborhood has changed. Still surrounded by her loving grandparents Cousins Shu Shu and Mookie the precocious accident prone ten-year-old Lizzie continues to yearn for her divorced parents to be re-united. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(83 90 98);>Two years later Lizzie gets ready to leave her beloved neighborhood again during the summer of 1969. Lizzie's bad luck streak has ended or so she thinks.Thanks to her mother's tenacity and salesmanship Lizzie wins a Girl ScoutCookie contest. The prize is an all-expense paid two-week camp trip. For the first time Lizzie must learn to care for herself without the protection of her loving family.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(83 90 98);>While waiting to board the bus to Camp Chicktawanga Lizzie encounters one of the grouchiest girls she has ever met. After just one look at sour-lemon sucking face girl Lizzie decides to stay out of her way. Unfortunately Lizzie andCoco end up sharing a cabin. Trouble begins the moment Lizzie Coco and the other two cabin mates head up the dusty trail to the last cabin on the left. As soon as they reach the cabin Coco starts to bully Lizzie.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(83 90 98);>On the way to an overnight hike Lizzie and Coco get separated from the rest of the campers and may have to spend the night in the woods. Will Lizzie and Coco work together to survive in the wilderness? What is the real reason Coco bullies everyone - especially Lizzie?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgb(83 90 98);>Lizzie B. Hayes and the Great Camp Caper addresses such difficult topics as bullying aggression and inappropriate teasing. Similar to Jacqueline Woodson's </span><u>Each Kindness </u>and Trudy Ludwig's <u>Just Kidding </u>young readers learn valuable lessons about these behaviors and how to manage their own interactions.</p>