Camp 30
| File:Camp 30 cover.jpg The front cover of Camp 30 | |
| Author | Eric Walters |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | John Mantha |
| Cover artist | Lisa Jager |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Series | Camp X |
| Genre | Spy fiction |
| Publisher | Penguin Canada |
Publication date | 2005[1] |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 224 pp |
| OCLC | 54692259 |
| Preceded by | Camp X |
| Followed by | Fools Gold |
Camp 30 is the second book in the Camp X series written by Canadian author Eric Walters. The book is based on the Bowmanville POW camp also known as Camp 30 and the escape attempt called Operation Kiebitz. The novel is about brothers Jack and George learning and enduring Camp 30 when they had accidentally discovered a prisoner escape plan. They were held as hostages and tries to stop the escape.
Plot Summary[edit]
Jack and George had been relocated to Bowmanville, Ontario to keep the brothers safe.[2] Their mom now works at Camp 30, also called the Bowmanville POW camp, holding over 500 German prisoners, most were high-ranking officers.[3] Jack and George get a job delivering the letters to the camp and quickly befriend one of the prisoners there called Otto Kretschmer (based on Otto Kretschmer). But before long they discover the prisoners had dug a tunnel to outside of the camp. The boys are kidnapped as hostages and were almost shipped to Germany in a submarine before Bill and his agents from Camp X rescued them.[4]
Characters[edit]
Although most of the characters are from the previous novel, Camp X, their character had changed significantly.
Jack Braun: Jack is again secretly working for Camp X, keeping an eye out on suspicious activities. He has a part-time job delivering the newspapers to the prisoners at Camp 30 with his little brother George.[5] And since the last book, Jack is still frequently teasing his little brother George.[6]
George Braun: George, now 12 years old[7] is with his older brother again searching for suspicious behaviour in their mother's new work place, a POW camp called Camp 30. Although he gets nervous when he first entered Camp 30,[8] but he and Jack quickly befriends one of the prisoners called Captain Kretschemer.[9]
Captain Kretschmer Captain Kretschmer also known as Otto Kretschmer was based on a real German u-boat commander with the same name, Otto Kretschmer. He was the highest ranking German Officer in the camp and was attempted to be rescued in the book, which was based on Operation Kiebitz. In the novel, he has 3 children, Bruna (16), Wolfgang (14), Peter (12).[10] He tries to use Jack and George for his escape
References[edit]
- ↑ Books
- ↑ Book Summary
- ↑ Camp 30, pg 26 (the highest-ranking officers captured in war are prisoners there)
- ↑ "It was Bill!" Camp 30, pg 204
- ↑ "Would you be willing to go in the compound everyday?", Sure no problem, Jack added quickly. Camp 30, pg 92.
- ↑ Maybe I should call you Georgia instead of George. Camp 30, pg 2
- ↑ "Does little Georgie think he's a tough guy now 'cause he's just turned 12?" Camp 30, pg 2
- ↑ "You look a little scared," one of the guards at the second gate said, looking at me Camp 30, pg 74
- ↑ "It sounds as though he's befriended you boys
- ↑ The girl, she is the oldest, named Bruna, and is sixteen. My boys, Wolfgang and Peter, are fourteen and eleven. Camp 30, pg 81
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