Alex's Challenge

​Book Info
Release Date: June 23, 2005

Prequel: ​Camp Confidential #3: Grace's Twist

Sequel: Camp Confidential #5: TTYL

Lexile Measure: 790L

​Summary
Eleven- year old Alex is having a rough last few weeks of her summer camp. There is a dissension among her friends, who suspect her of having a eating disorder and are annoyed at how "perfect" she seems to be. But Alex is exhausted from all of the pressure she put on herself and is hiding a secret that inevitably is revealed.

Adam Bloom
Adam is Jenna's twin brother and he is mentioned a lot in this book. He is in woodcrafting with Alex and plays soccer with her and spends a lot of time with her, which makes Valerie think that Adam likes Alex. Alex refuses to believe that and thinks that the idea of him crushing on her was disgusting, since 1.) she's not boycrazy like Natalie and Chelsea and 2.) Adam is a brother like her. Her nickname for him was "Adam Spasm" since he pretended to have spasms while eating peas. She also recalls the camp social in the book Jenna's Dilemma when Adam went out with her friend, Alyssa. http://campconfidential.wikia.com/wiki/Jenna's_Dilemmae

Valerie informs Alex that Adam and Alyssa broke up. Alex was startled by these news and was worried about how Adam was feeling. She said that she wanted to check on him and Valerie comments, "Aww...I knew you had a thing for him!" Alex tells her once more that Adam was just a friend to her.

Later that day, Alyssa tells her cabin that she dumped Adam. Alex was surprised and even shocked when Alyssa winks at her.

Alex notices that Adam's been hanging around a lot lately. When Adam approached her and asked her if Valerie was on her team, Alex predicts that Adam likes Valerie. To her surprise, she is disappointed.

At the end of the book Alex asks herself, "Did I learn anything about crushes?" She sees Adam and Jenna walking together talking. When they see Alex, they go over to them. Jenna "subtly" leaves Adam and Alex alone, and Adam is nervous. He asks Alex if she was going to camp next summer and she says yes. It turns out in later books that Adam does like Alex and they end up dating.