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Camp X Book Report
Title: Camp X
Author: Erik Walters

Introduction:
This book report discusses the plot, significant characters, setting (e.g., time of the story took place, historical background), problems and resolutions, themes or messages of the story. A reflection of the author’s writing style will be presented followed by a conclusion.

Plot:
This story talks about 2 young teenagers during World War II are spending an exciting and intense wartime summer in Whitby. Almost 12 years, George and 14 years old, Jack, are having a make-believe war when they get caught by 2 guards and are asked to leave and not return. One day, they discover 4 men planting “clay” onto the bridge. George and Jack suspect that these 4 men are possibly some of the German Spy Agents from the Camp they visited and are sent to bomb the bridge. Driven by intense curiosity, these 2 boys sneak into Camp X and discover the activities they do there. They get caught and are interrogated the head of the camp, the lieutenant colonel.

As the boys know almost as much as what the camp is about, they are asked to sign an agreement that none of the information that they know about the camp is told and that they are officially agents of the Camp. A newspaperman, Mr. Krum is very curious about the activities in the camp. Knowing about the agreement, none of his questions were answered and as the conversation continued, Mr. Krum showed the boys his medals while serving with the German Army. Later on, the boys miscount newspapers and decide to go to the newspaper office to get a few more. Mr. Krum drives them to a place where they are tied up and interrogated. After being interrogated, the Germans that Mr. Krum was part of planned an attack to the camp and the D.I.L Plant that their mother was working at. The boys break free and in a jeep that they stole, both of them got injured but still got recognized later as heroes.

Characters:
George:
George is a quite honest, well mannered and kind boy. He is a Canadian but has

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