Contains two stories of summer adventure, the first in which Amelia records in her notebook her hopes, fears, and impressions while on a trip to attend a family reunion and meet many of her father's relatives for the first time; and the second in which Amelia finally begins to enjoy her time at sleepaway camp in spite of hard matresses, biting bugs, and exhauting hikes, but trouble looms when she develops a crush on a boy named Luke, only to find out her best friend Carly likes him too.