There’s a Bat in Bunk Five (1982) is a young adult novel written by Paula Danziger.

[2] Marcy Lewis finds herself as a counselor in training at the summer camp near Woodstock, New York run by her former English teacher, Ms. Finney, whom Marcy has missed after Ms. Finney had been fired from her job.

At the camp, she is put in charge of a group of young girls, whom she is expected to shepherd through the beginnings of adolescence.

She also loves to read and write, and she tried to be Ginger's friend, who only likes Barbara Finney.

Once she starts to win over the boys in her cabin, she finds it easier to deal with the various problems that develop at camp.