No Good Deed - Book Review

I'd say that Goldy Moldavsky's No Good Deed is one of the best young adult novels I've read this year - and maybe one of my all-time favorites!

It's a darkly silly story about people eating dirt, a kid who can only say "I like paint", and a mysterious benefactor who might not actually be into benefactoring.

So who's our main character? Gregor wants to change the world and what better way to do that than to spend his summer at Camp Save the World. With a campaign of Feed the Children, Gregor is optimistic that he'll learn how to be just like his idol Robert Drill and earn the coveted internship working with Drill in Florida.

Except the camp is run by a bumbling head counselor, Drill is nowhere to be seen, and the other campers have strange campaigns, such as Men's Rights or Eat Dirt. How did they even get accepted? And what is up with celebrity Ashley Woodstone attending the camp? Who is really there to save the world and who just wants a free trip to Florida?

Competition is fierce, and as things heat up, the campers end up sabotaging the camp. If only one person could save the camp...

I liked the humor here, as well as the unlikely relationship between Gregor and...well, I won't ruin anything for you. I think the book has a positive message about the small things we can do to make an impact in people's lives.

No Good Deed is published by Point and is on bookstore shelves now. I received a free ARC at BookExpo 2017.

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