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21) One candle
Author
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Every year a family celebrates Hanukkah by retelling the story of how Grandma and her sister managed to mark the day while in a German concentration camp
25) Bad luck
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Clay's adventures at a magical camp continue as he befriends a new ally and faces new adversaries in his journey to find his magical talent and solve new mysteries of Price Island"--
28) The braid girls
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Three girls start a hair-braiding business at their summer camp to make money, while competing against a rival business that threatens their plans"--
29) Orpheus girl
Author
Language
English
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Description
When sixteen-year-old, mythology-obsessed Raya and her true love, Sarah, are sent from their conservative Texas town to a re-education camp, Raya assumes the role of Orpheus to save them.
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.
31) Away
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Language
English
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Description
A gentle tale told entirely through sticky notes between a mother and daughter as the girl's departure for her first summer camp draws near demonstrates how love can be found even in scribbled messages and other unlikely places.
34) In the Key of Us
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Best Children's Books 2022
Children Read With Pride
New Children's Books June 2022
Youth Media Award-Winning Books 2023
Children Read With Pride
New Children's Books June 2022
Youth Media Award-Winning Books 2023
Description
While twelve-year-old Andi has suffered from anxiety attacks ever since her mother died ten months ago, Zora starting hurting herself whenever she feels out of control; they are both at Camp Harmony, an elite summer music camp, trying to deal with their problems and also the stress of competition--but as the summer passes they find themselves increasingly drawn to each other, and maybe not just as friends.
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
When Horace and his schoolmates spend a weekend at a camp in the Laffy Woods, the Cupcaked Crusader must cope with Mr. Dienow, the diabolical science teacher, as well as his sister's dangerous search for Blootinite, and the forest monsters known as Clownosauruses.
38) The zoo crew
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Nancy, George, and Bess must solve a mystery during a three-day overnight camp at the local zoo when someone steals the toys the campers made for the animals.
39) Out of my heart
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Language
English
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Description
Because she loves horses but is scared of them, Melody wants to conquer her fears, so she hopes a summer camp will be the place to welcome someone with cerebral palsy who wants to learn to ride.
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