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(June 1, 2004) is available in paperback. This book title, A Bad Case of Stripes, ISBN: 9780439598385, by David Shannon, David Shannon, published by Scholastic Inc. 'Shannon's story is a good poke in the eye of conformity.and his empathetic, vivid artwork keeps perfect pace with the tale.'-Kirkus Reviews, starred review In fact, she's so worried that she's about to break out in.a bad case of stripes! And Camilla Cream is very, very worried about what other people think of her. Why? Because the other kids in her school don't like them. One of the worst I've ever seen!'Ĭamilla Cream loves lima beans, but she never eats them. 'What we have here is a bad case of stripes. At one point, Camilla gets branches growing out of her.Let Scholastic Bookshelf be your guide through the whole range of your child's experiences-laugh with them, learn with them, read with them!Įight classic, best-selling titles are available now!

Trademark Favorite Food: Camilla's love for lima beans is a major plot point it causes her insecurity and they're the cure for her stripes.

Title Drop: Towards the end, the old lady says, 'What we have here is a bad case of stripes!'.

Suspiciously Specific Denial: When Camilla is claiming that nobody likes lima beans, she adds ' especially me.'.

Stock 'Yuck!': The reason Camilla is embarrassed about liking lima beans is that everyone else hates them.

Space Whale Aesop: The moral is to be true to yourself and it's implied that Camilla's morphing and changing color was a direct result of her not admitting she liked lima beans.

The Shrink: Briefly mentioned when some psychologists come to help Camilla.

Shout-Out: Camilla's classmates call her 'Night of the Living Lollipop,' a reference to Night of the Living Dead.

Only One Who Likes Spam: It's why Camilla is so self-conscious about being the only one who likes lima beans.

Noodle Incident: It's unknown how the failed cures gave Camilla feathers, branches, and a tail.

No Name Given: The little old woman and the 'environmental therapist' are unnamed.

Nerd Glasses: Doctors Bumble, Grop, Sponge, Cricket, and Young all wear big glasses.

The Last of These Is Not Like the Others: The Specialists conclude that Camilla's symptoms aren't mumps, measles, chicken pox or sunburn, the latter of which is not a disease like the first three.

Bumble and 'the Specialists' (four other doctors) all wear white lab coats.

Kids Hate Vegetables: The main reason for Camilla's self-consciousness is that all of her friends hate lima beans and she doesn't want them to find out that she actually enjoys them.

Karma Houdini: As far as we know, the other students were never punished for teasing Camilla and making her condition worse.

Involuntary Shapeshifting: Sometimes, Camilla inadvertently changes shape as well as color, the first instance being when she turns into a pill after taking pills.

First Day of School Episode: In the beginning, it's Camilla's first day of school.

Eldritch Transformation: Camilla ends up with many plant and animal parts growing out of her body, then when told to 'become one with room,' she literally turns into a sentient version of her room.

Eventually, she finally transforms into an entire house, with all of this stuff still attached to her no less. She also turns into a massive pill at some point.

#Bad case of the stripes skin

Later, she loses her legs and partially turns into a tree, and some more weird stuff starts protruding from her skin like feathers, tree branches, and crystals and ends up looking like this ◊ in the end. As a couple of scientists are observing her and giving suggestions on what the 'disease' could be, her body begins forming bacterial tentacles, viral puffballs, and fungal splotches. Your skin changing colors is pretty bizarre enough, but it quickly escalates into a turn for the worst. Body Horror: Yes, even in this kid-friendly book, Camilla suffers a pretty nightmarish one.Be Yourself: The book has a moral about being true to yourself.An Aesop: The book's moral is 'don't hide your interests.'.eating lima beans.Ī Bad Case of Stripes provides examples of One day, she wakes up with stripes all over, which change into a different pattern every time something is suggested.ĭoctors, scientists, and all sorts of people try to cure Camilla, but none of the attempts work until it's revealed that the cure is. It centers around a young girl named Camilla Cream, who likes lima beans but is afraid to admit it.