Pack Your Bags for Summer Camp!
Camp Famous, Genius Camp, Creative Arts Camp & More!
Summer is almost here and for many kids that means summer camp. So I thought it would be appropriate to dedicate a whole list of recommendations to books set at summer camp! So pack your bags and get ready to enjoy a trip to summer camp through the pages. As a reminder, if you are looking for specific book recommendations for the 8-12 year-old reader in your life, let me know and I’d love to help out!
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Any Day With You
(Realistic Fiction) 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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Camp Famous
(Realistic Fiction) 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
(Realistic Fiction) 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
(Mystery) 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
(Adventure, Survival) 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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The Sun Will Come Out
(Realistic Fiction) Bea Gelman and her best friend Frankie are planning the best summer ever at Camp Shalom. But at the last minute, Frankie can’t go to camp and so Bea has to attend on her own. The only problem is she’s incredibly shy and just talking to strangers causes Bea to break out into ugly, blotchy hives. Camp gets off to a rough start so she decides to spend her summer in the infirmary far away from all her problems. After meeting a new friend, Bea decides to face her fears.
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