The Goats

by Brock Cole
Lexile:  550
Genre:  Realistic Fiction

Howie and Laura are expecting to have a fun summer at camp until they become victims of a terrible prank.  The other campers gang up on them and maroon them on an island without clothes, food, or water.  They are told that they are the "goats" of the camp and that no one likes them.  Rather than become the victims of this cruel joke, Laura and Howie decide to fight back and take off on their own.  Relying on each other, they are able to survive the cruelty they have been shown by others.