I was beginning to get used to it myself but I wasn’t going to let them know that.
‘They called me Baldy and they all laughed at me. It was awful. The whole camp was awful. And they made me go in the swimming pool, I told you they would. Every single day. It was a special punishment.’
‘Why were you being punished?’ said Mum.
‘Oh they just kept picking on me,’ I said quickly. ‘And the food was disgusting, they half starved us.’
I decided the seven sausages for supper didn’t count.
‘So I take it you don’t want to go back next year after all?’ said Mum.
‘You must be joking,’ I declared. ‘I only just managed to survive it this time.’
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Letter from the Author
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
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