History Literature / ABadCaseOfStripes

* AnAesop: The book's moral is "don't hide your interests."

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The Specialists conclude that Camilla's symptoms aren't mumps, measles, chicken pox or sunburn, the latter of which is not a disease like the first three.

!! ''A Bad Case of Stripes'' provides examples of

* BodyHorror: Yes, even in this kid-friendly book, Camilla suffers a pretty nightmarish one. Your skin changing colors is pretty bizarre enough, [[FromBadToWorse but it quickly escalates into a turn for the worst]]. As a couple of scientists are observing her and giving suggestions on what the "disease" could be, her body begins forming bacterial tentacles, viral puffballs, and fungal splotches. Later, she loses her legs and partially turns into a tree, and some more weird stuff starts protruding from her skin like feathers, tree branches, and crystals and ends up looking like ''[[https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1491008782i/22368443._SY540_.jpg this]]'' in the end. She also turns into a massive pill at some point. [[spoiler: Eventually, she finally transforms into an entire ''house'', with all of this stuff still attached to her no less.]]

* ShoutOut: Camilla's classmates call her "Night of the Living Lollipop," a reference to ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead''.

* AlliterativeName: ''C''amilla ''C''ream.
* AnAesop: The book's moral is "don't hide your interests".

** Camilla's surname is "Cream".

* EldritchTransformation: Camilla ends up with many plant and animal parts growing out of her body, then when told to "become one with [her] room", she literally [[GeniusLoci turns into a sentient version of her room]]. Luckily, she is cured not long after.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The Specialists conclude that Camilla's symptoms aren't mumps, measles, chicken pox, or sunburn, the latter of which is not a disease like the first three.

* ShoutOut: Camilla's classmates call her "Night of the Living Lollipop", a reference to ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead''.

* TitleDrop: Towards the end, the old lady says, "What we have here is a ''bad'' case of stripes!".

It centres around a young girl named Camilla Cream, who likes lima beans but is afraid to admit it. One day, she wakes up with stripes all over, which change into a different pattern every time something is suggested.

Doctors, scientists, and all sorts of people try to cure Camilla, but none of the attempts work, until it's revealed that the cure is... eating lima beans.

* BodyHorror: Yes, even in this kid-friendly book, Camilla suffers a pretty nightmarish one. Your skin changing colors is pretty bizarre enough, [[FromBadToWorse but it quickly escalates into a turn for the worst]]. As a couple of scientists are observing her and giving suggestions on what the "disease" could be, her body begin forming bacterial tentacles, viral puffballs, and fungal splotches. Later, she loses her legs and partially turns into a tree, and some more weird stuff starts protruding from her skin like feathers, tree branches, and crystals, and ends up looking like ''[[https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1491008782i/22368443._SY540_.jpg this]]'' in the end. She also turns into a massive pill at some point. [[spoiler: Eventually, she finally transforms into an entire ''house'', with all of this stuff still attached to her no less.]]

* EasilyEmbarrassedYoungster: The reason Camilla never eats lima beans is because she wants to fit in and she's described as often worrying about what other people think of her. After her stripes are cured, she becomes less easily embarrassed, though.

* FirstDayOfSchoolEpisode: At the beginning, it's Camilla's first day of school.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Sometimes, Camilla inadvertently changes shape as well as colour, the first instance being when she turns into a pill after taking pills.

* OnlyOneWhoLikesSpam: It's why Camilla is so self-conscious of being the only one who likes lima beans.

* SpaceWhaleAesop: The moral is to be true to yourself and it's implied that Camilla's morphing and changing colour was a direct result of her not admitting she liked lima beans.
* StockYuck: The reason Camilla is embarrassed about liking lima beans is because everyone else hates them.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: When Camilla is claiming that nobody likes lima beans, she adds "''especially me.''"

* NoNameGiven: The little old woman and the "environmental therapist" are unnamed.

* StockYuck: The reason Camilla is embarrassed about liking lima beans is because everyone else hates them.

* GeniusLoci: Just before getting cured, Camilla literally "becomes one with her room".

* BodyHorror: Yes, even in this kid-friendly book, Camilla suffers a pretty nightmarish one. Your skin changing colors is pretty bizarre enough, [[FromBadToWorse but it quickly escalates into a turn for the worst]]. As a couple of scientists are observing her and giving suggestions on what the "disease" could be, her body begin forming bacterial tentacles, viral puffballs, and fungal splotches. Later, she looses her legs and partially turns into a tree, and some more weird stuff starts protruding from her skin like feathers, tree branches, and crystals, and ends up looking like ''[[https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1491008782i/22368443._SY540_.jpg this]]'' in the end. She also turns into a massive pill at some point. [[spoiler: Eventually, she finally transforms into an entire ''house'', with all of this stuff still attached to her no less.]]

* BodyHorror: Yes, even in this kid-friendly book, Camilla suffers a pretty nightmarish one. Your skin changing colors is pretty bizarre enough, but [[FromBadToWorse it quickly escalates into a turn for the worst]]. As the doctors are observing her and giving suggestions on what the "disease" could be, her body begin forming bacterial tentacles, viral puffballs, and fungal splotches. Later, she looses her legs and partially turns into a tree, and some more weird stuff starts protruding from her skin like feathers, tree branches, and crystals, and ends up looking like ''[[https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1491008782i/22368443._SY540_.jpg this]]'' in the end. She also turns into a massive pill at some point. [[spoiler: Eventually, she finally transforms into an entire ''house'', with all of this stuff still attached to her no less.]]

'''''A Bad Case of Stripes''''' is a children's book written by David Shannon.