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Summer Reading Reflection: The Worst Class Trip Ever By Dave Barry

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Summer Reading Reflection Essay “You saved him!” “You saved him!” the crowd shouted. A book written by Dave Barry called, The Worst Class Trip Ever which is about an eighth grader on a class trip to Washington D.C. The book has many characters with very different personalities. The book has unexpected twists and turns throughout it. The novel involves kidnappers, a dragon and (of course) the 5 children from Miami that know nothing about what they’re getting into. This book started out as, a fairly normal story. It was about a kid, Wyatt Palmer, and his best friend, Matt, traveling to D.C. for a class trip. In the novel I could never guess what would happen next. As one starts to get enveloped into the book, two weird guys that are Russian

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