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"In the new novel from the bestselling author of Final Girls, The Last Time I Lied follows a young woman as she returns to her childhood summer camp to uncover the truth about a tragedy that happened there fifteen years ago. Two Truths and a Lie. The girls played it all the time in their tiny cabin at Camp Nightingale. Vivian, Natalie, Allison, and first-time camper Emma Davis, the youngest of the group. The games ended when Emma sleepily watched...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
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An extraordinary first-person account of two women caught in a war where rape was as much an everyday weapon as bullets or bombs. Two inspiring women by the names of Jadranka Cigelj and Nusreta Sivac, both lawyers and childhood friends, enjoyed the lives of "ordinary modern women" in Bosnia-Herzegovina until one day familiar faces and neighbors became tormentors. When taken away to the notorious Serb concentration camp of Omarska, the two women, like...
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Cam Jansen mysteries. Super specials volume 1
Publisher
New York
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Cam Jansen and her best friend are spending three weeks at Camp Eagle Lake, where they play sports, do crafts, and solve three mysteries.
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Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Peppermint Patty enjoys swimming and singing songs around the campfire during her stay at summer camp, and when she learns that Charlie Brown is staying at the boys camp across the lake, she devises a plan for an even greater adventure.
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Publisher
New Star Books
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English
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Parents began sending their kids off to summer camp more than a century ago, a tradition that continues strong in the face of transformative changes to society, and childhood. The history of summer camping, with its roots in Boy Scouts and other Victorian-era social movements, is beginning to be written. But until now, less has been said about the experiences of the generations of young men and women whose outlook has been shaped by their summer vacations....
11) Wherever I go
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English
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Abia is the self-proclaimed Queen of the Shimelba refugee camp, facing her displacement with strength, imagination, and pride.
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Series
Justin Case volume 3
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Justin worries his way through summer camp, where the requirements of the mess hall, swimming, and getting picked for teams are shaped by old and new friendships as well as a first crush.
13) Summer ball
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Series
Danny Walker volume 2
Publisher
Puffin books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Danny must prove himself all over again for a disapproving coach and against new rivals at a summer basketball camp.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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When Tommy is sent to a special camp to make him into a "winner," he discovers that his fellow campers are competitive to the point of obsession, and that a particular teacher, Mrs. Maargh, takes winning very seriously.
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English
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A group of young girls descends on Camp Forevermore. Bursting with excitement and nervous energy, they set off on an overnight kayaking trip to a nearby island. Before the night is over, they find themselves stranded, with no adults to help them survive or guide them home. We see the survivors through the successes and failures, loves and heartbreaks of their teen and adult years, and we come to understand how a tragedy can alter the lives it touches...
17) Camp average
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Series
Camp Average volume 1
Publisher
Owlkids books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Camp Average is a middle-grade novel that tells the story of a group of 11-year-old boys sharing Cabin 10 at a six-week summer sports camp for boys. The actual name of the place is Camp Avalon, but the kids call it Camp Average, because they never win at any sport. And that's the way they like it. But this summer, Winston, the new camp director, institutes Mandatory Athletic Aptitude Testing (MAAT) to determine which sports kids will be playing --...
18) Mud city
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Series
Breadwinner series volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The third book in the internationally bestselling series that includes The Breadwinner, Parvana's Journey and My Name Is Parvana.
Parvana's best friend, Shauzia, has escaped the misery of her life in Kabul, only to end up in a refugee camp in Pakistan. But she still dreams of seeing the ocean and eventually making a new life in France.This is the dream that has sustained her through the terrible years in Kabul. It is
...19) Genius Camp
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Series
Smartest kid in the universe volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Jake McQuade-the smartest kid in the universe-goes to a camp for geniuses, where he goes up against the Virtuoso quantum computer, the smartest machine in the universe"--
20) Into darkness
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Series
Stuffed volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Foon's boy, Clark, is kidnapped by an evil monster bent on revenge and Foon must enter the Darkness in order to save him"--
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