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Troop 142 (2000)

by Mike Dawson(Favorite Author)

3.25 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0979960991 (ISBN13: 9780979960994)

languge

English

genre

Humor

review 1: A graphic novel that cover's a Boy Scout's week at summer camp, it's filled with cruelty and profanity and the million different ways that teenage boys can destroy each other. So...it's pretty accurate. There is humor, there is some hope in Troop 142, but it's a pretty bleak book. The black and white illustrations are cartoony, but manage to capture the spirit of this group of boys and their adult leaders, most of whom seem shipwrecked at this summer camp, not really wanting to be there. If you're looking for an authentic Boy Scout experience, this might be it.
review 2: Most boys and young men totally suck - especially when they're in isolated groups. I can only imagine how awful a boy scouts camping trip (like the one Dawson details here) could possibly be... more...ug. The conversations/interactions are all well done and (sadly) fairly accurate - at least based on the boy conversations I hear at the elementary-middle school I teach at. Not sure it really "reveal[ed] the resilience of the human spirit" like the back blurb suggested...but it was an insightful trip into a very awkward and weird space. less

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