This paper over board features sprayed stenciled edges (depicting doodles by Rubie!).

A New York Times bestseller!

The true middle school experienceawkward, DRAMATIC, and really fun!comes to life in this hilarious diary-style series featuring color-lined pages and black and white illustrations. In the first book, Rubie has to face sleepaway camp without her BFF!

Hello, summer! Eleven-year-old Rubie Fox cant wait to go to sleepaway camp for the very first time. She and her best friend Riley Swisher will go away for an entire month TOGETHER, and theyll even be able to spy on Rileys crush Owen, who will be across from Camp Pineview, over at the boys camp, Moose-Ridge.

But when Riley drops a bombshe cant go to camp because she broke her ankleRubie has to go by herself. Which sort of makes her feel RAGEhow can she go to camp without Riley?! But her mom has already paid for it, so shes stuck with her plushie chicken Jim the Duck and a cabin full of girls she doesnt know.

But Rubie just might make another BFF, break out of her shell, and even meet a boyall without Riley. Camp might be more eventful than Rubie ever thought it could bewith more drama than she ever imagined!