As the school year winds down, a few fun-filled weeks of summer camp might be on the horizon for you. Whether you’ve got those first-time sleepaway camp jitters or you’re excitedly counting down the days til you’re braiding friendship bracelets and cannonballing into a lake, Really Rubie by Maddie Frost is the perfect read to pack along in your camp bag.
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Being eleven years old is tough. From drama with your besties to first crushes and awkward moments galore, no one understands the nervous chaos that is being a tween quite like Rubie Fox. But that’s why we think you’ll adore Really Rubie – it’s a peek into the doodled diary pages of a girl who totally gets it.
This paper over board features sprayed stenciled edges (depicting doodles by Rubie!).
The true middle school experience—awkward, DRAMATIC, and really fun!—comes to life in this hilarious diary-style series featuring color-lined pages and black and white illustrations. In the first book, Rubie has to face sleepaway camp without her BFF!
Hello, summer! Eleven-year-old Rubie Fox can’t wait to go to sleepaway camp for the very first time. She and her best friend Riley Swisher will go away for an entire month TOGETHER, and they’ll even be able to spy on Riley’s crush Owen, who will be across from Camp Pineview, over at the boys’ camp, Moose-Ridge.
But when Riley drops a bomb—she can’t go to camp because she broke her ankle—Rubie has to go by herself. Which sort of makes her feel RAGE…how can she go to camp without Riley?! But her mom has already paid for it, so she’s stuck with her plushie chicken Jim the Duck and a cabin full of girls she doesn’t know.
But Rubie just might make another BFF, break out of her shell, and even meet a boy…all without Riley. Camp might be more eventful than Rubie ever thought it could be—with more drama than she ever imagined!
Really Rubie
AUTHOR: Maddie Forst
PUBLISHER: Aladdin
DATE: June 2, 2026
It’s Rubie’s first time heading to sleepaway camp, and she’s doing it without her best friend Riley by her side. With all the mishaps that summer camp is sure to bring, can Rubie make new friends and memories without her bestie by her side?
Rubie’s anxious humor and quirky doodles bring this relatable story to life, and she’s giving YAYOMG! readers a peek into the pages of her diary in an EXCLUSIVE Really Rubie minicomic written and illustrated by author Maddie Frost.
REALLY RUBIE MINICOMIC: Rubie Shares a Page from Her Diary:
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