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Did you find this review helpful? Find more of my reviews at Pop! Goes The Reader! "Jen, have a look at this," he said. "Charissa's family has given Gladdy a free summer at Camp Bentley!" He plucked the paper out of Gladys' hand and passed it to her mom. "Oh, how generous!" she exclaimed. "Honey, what a great opportunity for you to make even more friends!" But Gladys didn't want more friends. In fact, she wasn't sure she wanted to keep all the ones she had at the moment. Gladys Gatsby is back and better than ever! With her cooking privileges restored and her position as one of the New York Standards's pre-eminent restaurant critics still a closely-guarded secret, twelve-year-old Gladys has everything firmly under control and is looking forward to a long, relaxing summer spent combing through cookbooks and researching new recipes. But you know what they say about the best laid plans. When Gladys' new friend, Charissa Bentley, surprises her with an all-expenses-paid admission to her family's day camp, Camp Bentley ("The Funnest Camp Ever!"), Gladys' carefree, culinary summer plans quickly go up in flames. Believing that camp will provide the perfect opportunity to slip into the city and complete her next newspaper assignment, Gladys agrees and all too soon finds herself having to contend with the perils of swimming lessons, kitchen duty, adolescent authors and opportunistic journalists who will go to any lengths to ensure that her next column is also her last. None of this, however, will prepare Gladys for her most daunting challenge of all: To find the best hot dog in all of New York City. Gladys will have to kiss a lot of frogs - or is it eat a lot of dogs? - before she finds a winner. You can do this, she told herself. A writer for the world's most famous newspaper doesn't get intimidated by stuff like camp. Tara Dairman changed my life. This time last year I was a reluctant middle grade reader at best, largely dismissing books aimed at this age group a