They get lost and stumble across a seemingly empty, but well kept, water park. They plan to sneak out in the middle of the night, escape the camp on a raft, find a road, and get back to town. The foursome decides to defy the counsellors. The beginning of the book is setting up the camp routine and it’s a bit of a slow burn waiting for the horror to kick in. Zack and Brad can’t stay out of trouble and are constantly hounded by a camp counsellor. In addition to Cyndi, the other major characters are her new summer camp friends, Stacy, Zack, and Brad, who are the only other teens around her age. As a thirteen year old girl she’s horrified by the prospect, and it only adds insult to injury that she will be surrounded mostly by much younger kids. There have been so many American slasher and comedy movies in that setting, it’s like a home away from home.Ĭyndi is sent to Camp Kiwaba by her parents in an attempt to improve her social skills and to force her to disconnect from her Walkman. It’s a familiar setting even for this English reviewer who’s never been to camp. It’s time to go back to summer camp and the 1980s with Kill River by Cameron Roubique.
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