I Want to Go Home

By Gordon Korman,

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Gordon Korman’s uproarious, outrageous, and all-too-familiar summer camp adventure is BACK!

Rudy Miller really isn’t into the whole camping thing. So when his parents send him to Camp Algonkian “for his own good” all he wants to do is go home.

Rudy teams up with his cabin-mate Mike for a…

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1 author picked I Want to Go Home as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I’m a big Gordon Korman fan, especially his older books, and this is one of my favorites! The humor is timeless, the descriptions are witty, and the adventures are crazy. I have reread this book many times over the years, and it never fails to produce a few laughs…the out-loud, can’t-keep-it-in kind of laughs!

I have many memories of chuckling over scenes in this book with my family. This story is hilarious, wild, and a great clean read for younger readers!

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