John has always had a good relationship with his daughter, Avery. He's coached her soccer and softball teams, and they've always had fun together, but now she's 11 and starting to pull away, and John's starting to worry that their relationship is disappearing. His solution to solidify that relationship: a week at a summer camp for dads and daughters. Of course, when Avery learns that the camp is during the week that she should be trying out for the elite soccer team, which is ALSO the last week before school starts (and thus her last chance to hang out with her friends for the summer), she's furious, and the camp becomes that much harder to handle. When they're put in a cabin with a workaholic dad, an "alpha bro" dad, and a former-chef-turned-stay-at-home dad and their respective daughters, "dad camp" seems like the worst idea ever.
So many books of this nature have focused on moms and daughters or fathers and sons, so it's refreshing to find such a fantastic funny, heartwarming book about father-daughter relationships. I love that it examines what it means to be a good dad — and it's not just one thing — while still keeping the plot moving and the laughs coming. And I loved seeing the growth of the characters in the book, especially as they learned to support each other. Highly recommended.
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