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* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler: Winnie finds Don's body and burries him with his Creator/{{Herodotus}} book.]]

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* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler: Winnie finds Don's body and burries buries him with his Creator/{{Herodotus}} book.]]



* ForgotICouldntSwim: The other campers notice a rash on Winnie's butt while they are swimming. Winnie is coaxed out of the lake so the nurse can take a look the rash. When she is finished, he's so embarrased that he jumps right back in and swims into the deeper waters before realizing he can't swim.

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* ForgotICouldntSwim: The other campers notice a rash on Winnie's butt while they are swimming. Winnie is coaxed out of the lake so the nurse can take a look the rash. When she is finished, he's so embarrased embarrassed that he jumps right back in and swims into the deeper waters before realizing he can't swim.



* SkinnyDipping: At the boys camp, they don't bother using swimsuits.

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* SkinnyDipping: At the boys boys' camp, they don't bother using swimsuits.
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Basically, it's an American version of ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies''. Also like ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'', it is popular [[UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia reading material for school]].

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Basically, it's an American version of ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies''. Also like ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'', it is popular [[UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia [[MediaNotes/SchoolStudyMedia reading material for school]].
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* AlliterativeName: Winston Weyn.
* AnyoneCanDie

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* RebelliousRebel: Winnie

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Basically, it's an American version of ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies''. Also like ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'', it is popular [[SchoolStudyMedia reading material for school]].

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Basically, it's an American version of ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies''. Also like ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'', it is popular [[SchoolStudyMedia [[UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia reading material for school]].

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* {{Diary}}: The novel is written as if it were Winnie's diary.


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* EpistolaryNovel: The novel is written as if it were Winnie's diary.
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Winston Weyn (nicknamed "Win" or "Winnie") is an thirteen-year-old kid who is sent to High Pines, a boys summer camp. The older teens at the camp become fed up with the camp and eventually start a revolution. Lead by Frank Reilley and Stanley Runk, they seize control of High Pines and Low Pines (the girls camp nearby) and then [[TeenageWasteland things go]] [[GoneHorriblyWrong bad]].

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Winston Weyn (nicknamed "Win" or "Winnie") is an a thirteen-year-old kid who is sent to High Pines, a boys summer camp. The older teens at the camp become fed up with the camp and eventually start a revolution. Lead by Frank Reilley and Stanley Runk, they seize control of High Pines and Low Pines (the girls camp nearby) and then [[TeenageWasteland things go]] [[GoneHorriblyWrong bad]].
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* PurpleEyes: Frank Reilley
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* DearDiary: The novel is written as if it were Winnie's diary.

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* DearDiary: {{Diary}}: The novel is written as if it were Winnie's diary.

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Was adapted into the 1987 film ''Film/SummerCampNightmare''.

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Was It was adapted into the 1987 film ''Film/SummerCampNightmare''.


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* AlliterativeName: Winston Weyn.
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Was adapted into the 1987 film ''Film/SummerCampNightmare''.
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Basically, it's an American version of LordOfTheFlies. Also like LordOfTheFlies, it is popular [[SchoolStudyMedia reading material for school]].

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Basically, it's an American version of LordOfTheFlies. ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies''. Also like LordOfTheFlies, ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'', it is popular [[SchoolStudyMedia reading material for school]].
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''The Butterfly Revolution'' is a novel written in 1961 by William Butler.

Winston Weyn (nicknamed "Win" or "Winnie") is an thirteen-year-old kid who is sent to High Pines, a boys summer camp. The older teens at the camp become fed up with the camp and eventually start a revolution. Lead by Frank Reilley and Stanley Runk, they seize control of High Pines and Low Pines (the girls camp nearby) and then [[TeenageWasteland things go]] [[GoneHorriblyWrong bad]].

Basically, it's an American version of LordOfTheFlies. Also like LordOfTheFlies, it is popular [[SchoolStudyMedia reading material for school]].

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!! This book provides examples of:
* AnyoneCanDie
* DearDiary: The novel is written as if it were Winnie's diary.
* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Winnie throws a bar of soap at his brother but misses and it breaks a window. His dad gets very angry at this and beats him with his belt. Later in the novel, Divordich attempts to leave the camp but is captured and accused of being counterrevolutionary. As a punishment, he is tied to a tree and gagged while Blackridge beats him with his belt.
* DrunkWithPower: Winnie thought Frank was strange before he seized power, but by the end of the novel he is convinced that Frank has gone crazy.
* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler: Winnie finds Don's body and burries him with his Creator/{{Herodotus}} book.]]
* ForgotICouldntSwim: The other campers notice a rash on Winnie's butt while they are swimming. Winnie is coaxed out of the lake so the nurse can take a look the rash. When she is finished, he's so embarrased that he jumps right back in and swims into the deeper waters before realizing he can't swim.
* GeniusBookClub: Winnie has read many books that are advanced for his age including Herodotus' ''Literature/{{Histories}}'' and a book on political philosophers.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Winnie is an intelligent bookworm who can't relate to his peers.
* PurpleEyes: Frank Reilley
* RebelliousRebel: Winnie
* SkinnyDipping: At the boys camp, they don't bother using swimsuits.
* SummerCampy
* TeenageWasteland
* TeensAreMonsters: Several examples but most notably when John Mason rapes one of the female campers, Blackridge tortures Divordich, and [[spoiler: Stanley kills Mr. Warren.]]
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