Bummer Vacation (Ann Matthews Martin book)

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Bummer Summer is a book written in 1983 by Ann M. Martin.

In the book, the central character, Kamilla Whitlock, who is known as "Kammy" or "Kams" lives with her father and housekeeper named Andrew Croswell, in a sleepy east coast town. Kammy's mother Annie died in a car crash when Kammy was four. Eight years later, her father has remarried. His new wife, Kate, has a three-year-old daughter named Muffin and an unnamed son called Baby Boy. There are conflicts, and Kammy's father and stepmother feel sending her to summer camp with (the English looking and sounding) Michael Enticott will help solve her problems. Upon reflection, it doesn't.while she is at camp she meets new friends one of her best friends is Emily, some girl that has been to the camp a few years and her rival Susie who is "miss perfect" and tries to outstrip everything that Kammy does.