![]() It takes the family a long time, but they do learn the value of pulling together and enjoying each other’s company. She comes to find that hastily sent words made public can come back to haunt her. She finds there is satisfaction in seeing the results of hard work. She realizes at one point that her attitude is ruining the experience for her mother, who had looked forward to it. ![]() Some reviewers objected to Gen’s sarcastic, whiny attitude, but I think they missed the point that she changes during the course of the book. The friends make a blog out of her texts, which then goes viral, which brings a news crew out to see what’s going on. But Gen smuggles the phone into camp with her, and when she can find some privacy, she texts her two best friends about how horrible everything is. ![]() Gen only acquiesces when her mom shows her a new cell phone and tells her she can have it when they get back from vacation. No one else in the family is happy about it. Gen’s mom, a “Little House on the Prairie addict,” decides the whole family would benefit from a vacation to “Camp Frontier,” where everyone is supposed to live like it’s 1890. ![]() The premise: Gen comes from a modern family where each member tends to operate mostly apart from the others. ![]() Little Blog on the Prairie by Cathleen Davitt Bell wasn’t on my radar at all, but the title caught my eye while I was passing through the YA section in the library. ![]()
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