May 2024 Book Recommendations

Summer Camp!

We officially have less than 20 days of school until summer break and so I am getting ready to switch into summer mode! Whether your young reader is planning to attend a summer camp or not, it’s fun to read about going to summer camp. So this month I am sharing six books all about summer camp…from STEM camp to wilderness camp to celebrity camp and everything in between!

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Any Day With You

Kaia is off to creative arts camp! At camp she will work with her friends to create a short movie to enter into a contest. The movie is inspired by the Filipino folktales that her beloved Tatang, her great-grandfather, tells. Will Kaia be able to create an award winning film and will she be able to convince her family members to change their mind about a decision they’ve made?

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The Bridge Battle

Jessie is off to How to Make and Decorate Fairy Houses camp, but she doesn’t want to go! She’d rather be in the summer camp where she gets to construct a bridge than stuck with kids who believe fairies are more real than physics. Will Jessie learn a lesson about how to treat others and how to stay true to yourself?

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Camp Famous

Abby is off to camp for famous kids…except she’s not famous! Her parents are finally letting her go to summer camp and since she is desperate to fit in, she creates a fake famous identity. Will she be able to get away with it or will they discover her secret?

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The Firefly Summer

Ryanna is off to the Poconos to stay with her family at an old summer camp! The grandparents she hasn’t spoken to in years invite her to spend the summer with them at their property, a former summer camp. Will Ryanna be able to connect with her family during a summer at the lake filled with adventures, s’mores, and a mystery to solve?

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Genius Camp

Jake is off to Genius Camp! But Genius Camp isn’t like regular summer camp, it’s boy versus bot in this epic showdown. Jake is competing against the artificially intelligent Virtuoso quantum computer, also known as the smartest machine in the universe!

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Out of Range

Sisters Abby, Emma, and Ollie have been sentenced by their parents to Camp Unplugged! But things don’t go as planned and the sisters end up out in the wilderness on their own…and it will take everything they have to try and survive!

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