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Camp

Elaine Wolf

Publisher: Sky Pony Press

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Summary

In this dramatic debut novel, a teen girl at sleepaway camp must contend with bullying, family trouble, and the high price of secrets. 
 
Amy Becker’s mother holds a dark secret. In fact, her whole past is a secret.  
 
All Amy knows is that her mother came from Germany—and that her mother doesn’t love her. That icy voice. Those rigid rules of how to eat, dress, walk, talk, and think. No matter what Amy does, no matter how much she follows the rules, she just can't earn her mother’s love.  
 
But everything changes that summer of 1963, when fourteen-year-old Amy is sent to Camp Takawanda for Girls. Takawanda, where all the rules get broken. Takawanda, where mean girls practice bullying as if it were a sport. Takawanda, where Amy’s cousin unveils the truth about Amy’s mother, setting in motion a tragic event that changes Amy and her family forever. 
 
Praise for Camp 
 
“This mesmerizing book is a must-read for adolescents and the adults who care about them.” —VOYA magazine
Available since: 06/15/2012.
Print length: 274 pages.

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