

Wendy races with several other campers, but she ends up losing. Despite the fact that Wendy wants to relax in the pool, all swimmers must be competing. The girls want to go swimming, so Wendy borrows a swimsuit from Dierdre. Wendy meets her three bunk-mates: Dierdre, Ivy, and Jan. Wendy and Elliot are taken to separate bunks. They see that the camp's logo is a purple blob monster. The girl warns Wendy not to go to the sports camp, but Wendy ignores this. While making their way to the camp, Wendy sees a small girl in the woods.

Buddy offers to let Elliot and Wendy stay at this camp until they can make contact with the authorities. However, the person knocking is a man who addresses himself as Buddy, a counselor for a nearby sports camp called King Jellyjam's Sports Camp. The kids hear a knocking at the trailer door, and Wendy assumes that it's her parents. The shaking only stops when they reach the bottom of the hill. The kids are violently jostled for a period of time. The kids soon discover that the trailer has become unhitched, and they are rolling uncontrollably down a hill. After several minutes of riding in the trailer, the kids notice something odd: the trailer appears to be rolling in reverse. To quell their boredom, the kids decide to ride in the trailer hitched to their parents' car. Wendy and her younger brother, Elliot, are on a long road trip with their parents. And why the ground is always rumbling late at night. Why the counselors seem a little too happy. It's just a game, right? WRONG! Because Camp Jellyjam is no ordinary sports camp. But how excited can you get over a game of softball. Too bad Wendy isn't a total sports freak like her brother, Elliot. IT'S NOT WHETHER YOU WIN OR LOSE ― IT'S HOW YOU STAY ALIVE! 10.1 References in other Goosebumps media.
