Request #368 From Lauren

I read it in 2001 or so at camp (where I got sick with the flu basically immediately and was confined to the infirmary for like 4 days out of 14. Just my luck). I know the book was NOT a recent publication because it looked like it had been read a million times and had the vibe of late 80s/early 90s publishing.  It was a paperback book about a girl (maybe 14? I remember her being older than I was) who is sent to summer camp. She does not WANT to be at this summer camp. She is going out of her way to intentionally be miserable at camp so she will hopefully be sent home. the camp is owned and operated by a couple who are overly cheerful and own a beverage company called “Yummoo” or perhaps “Yum-moo.” I remember thinking “wow that’s weirdly close to yoo-hoo.” And it was described as a gross, chocolatey drink as well. I believe it was middle grade or perhaps YA—no longer than 200 pages (probably closer to 120-140).  At one point in time, she gets stuck in the shower at her camp with a horse. That’s the cover—it’s done in the kind of Babysitter’s Club realistic-but-still-art style. She is in the shower, with a horse, looking completely miserable. I feel like the book probably talks a lot about how much she hates the horse (and subsequently hates the camp).