A Couple Of Boys Have The Best Week Ever [With Hardcover Book(s)] (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee is a contemporary realistic fiction book. The book was a Randolph Caldecott honor book in 2009. The age group this book is intended for is primary to intermediate. The book is about two friends going to a nature summer camp. They weren’t too impressed with the camp, but they had a great time being together the whole week.I enjoyed the book, but I felt it was written with a little bit of humor and contradictions that would be over a child’s head. I feel like the theme looked at the situation of children not willing to go outside. The plot was how the boys were attending a nature camp, but they just wanted to do everything inside. On the last day, they did go outside and they used their imagination and enjoyed their time in nature for the first time all week, and it was the best time they had all week. The language included the combining of the boys’ names because they do everything together which fits with current society. The pictures were realistic. The writing and the pictures appeared to be done with colored pencils as a medium for the book. This would be a good book for young readers because it uses the current language and sarcasm of today’s society; however, I do think a few parts the children may not understand. It looks at the current issue of children preferring video games and television, instead of, going outside and exploring and using their imagination and knowledge to create their own fun. This is the story of James and Eamon who must spend a week of summer going to nature camp, but also end up having a lot of fun together and with Eamon's grandparent's. This is really a true picture book. That is to say, the text would not have the same meaning if separated from the pictures. In fact, the pictures are what make this book truly fun and hilarious. It has a bit of a comic book feel, which I think would really appeal to some kids. It was a lot of fun to read.
What do You think about A Couple Of Boys Have The Best Week Ever [With Hardcover Book(s)] (2008)?
It was a cute story. The boys had some fun times and some not so fun times at Nature Camp.
—mjoseph285
Great, great, great!! Is there a sequel/prequel???
—connorb
