I Want to Go Home

I bought this book to share with my younger daughter (my older one read, then lost, my copy from the 1980s). Although there were a couple of minor passages either edited or strangely absent, it was overall the same story that I remembered and still made me laugh out loud. And to think that Gordon Korman was only 17 when he wrote it!It's a great story for anybody who's ever been to camp, or loves someone who has been.

My favorite book as a child. Extremly funny. I recommend the other books in this series as well. The author was my favorite writer as a child.

This was a book my sisters and I loved and read to rags back in the eighties. I was sad to see it is out of print, but luckily was able to snag these used copies. My son loves it and has read it a few times (I got this when he was 8-now almost 11). We sent another copy to our nephew and he loves it, too.The story has so many elements that appeal to kids: two social misfits,Rudy and Mike, meet at summer camp, no adults except for the counsellors (deemed "clones" by Rudy) and a distracted camp director, and a summer filled with their attempts to escape Camp Algonquin with hilarious results.I remember wishing I knew boys like Rudy and Mike, too.The Bruno and Boots series is also a favorite for my son.

This book is funny!! I remembered loving it when I was a kid. So, I ordered it and read it aloud to my kids. They loved it too. Cane as expected, no problems or surprises.

Very cute easy read. I read it together with my 8 and 12 year old boys.

This was my favorite book as a kid and I bought two copies of it now - one for my future kids and one for my nephew. I would recommend this to any kid age 7-15. It is so funny! I read this book at least 50 or 60 times. I wish it were still in print!

A comedic look at a perfect person's attempts to escape camp. And all the chaos that follows him.

I bought this book because I was going to an author signing, and it did get to me in time (though it took a little longer than I expected), so I'm happy.

Great read for a kid

Este libro es difícil de encontrar. Para empezar, solo lo hay en inglés, no está traducido al castellano, pero ni siquiera lo siguen publicando en inglés. Así que te llegará un libro desgastado de los años 70 u 80. Aún así guardo mi copia como un tesoro por lo que me reí al leerlo y por lo inusual que es su historia. Cualquier libro juvenil, hoy en día, tiene una moraleja, un aprendizaje, una evolución del protagonista. Pero "I Want to go home" no tiene nada de eso. El protagonista, Rudy Miller es enviado a un campamento de verano en una isla llena de fabulosas instalaciones deportivas. Pero es que Rudy simplemente no quiere estar allí, quiere volver a su casa. Por tanto adopta una actitud rebelde: cuando le piden su nombre, responde que le apunten como anónimo; no participa en ninguna actividad deportiva (a pesar de ser atleta con facilidad para cualquier deporte) y todos sus esfuerzos van destinados a fugarse del campamento (no queda otra que hacerlo en un barco, al tratarse de una isla) o en construir una presa que desvíe el agua del arroyo hacia el campamento, de manera que las instalaciones queden anegadas por el lodo y les manden de vuelta a sus casas a todos los usuarios del campamento.Como digo, cualquier libro de hoy en día haría que Rudy aprendiese una valiosa lección y depusiese su actitud rebelde, pero eso no va a pasar en este libro. Este libro fue escrito por Gordon Korman cuando tenía 18 años (era su quinta publicación), y a esa edad no estaba para enseñar valores sino para partirse la caja escribiendo esta maravilla (no apta para todo el mundo) y si Rudy es un niño puñetero al principio de la historia, a media que esta avance solo puede hacerse más y más puñetero.Por fin un libro sin valores. Pura diversión.

Great book from 1980's about a boy not wanting to go to summer camp

I read this repeatedly to both my sons and we always laughed hysterically.This copy was for my nephew. Best Gordon Korman book.

Looking at the cover, I thought this book was going to be too young a reading level for my 10 year old. It was assigned through a book club.He absolutely loves it! He has been laughing constantly and has actually intrigued my 7 year old to read it as well.