I WANT TO GO HOME! (Gordon Korman) - March 14/11

I'm starting to get the impression that Gordon Korman is somewhat bottom of the barrel as far as young adult writers go. Korman offers up an aggressively repetitive storyline - kid tries to escape camp, fails, tries again, etc - and is utterly unable to transform any of the characters into compelling, authentic figures. Even young kids would find this overlong and pointless. * out of ****