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  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.’

  THE END

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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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