Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library
Youth Services Department

Summer Camp Reading


Bailey, Linda. How Can I Be a Detective if I Have to Baby-Sit? J FIC Bailey
While staying with her father at a tree-planting camp in the Canadian wilderness, twelve-year-old Stevie discovers that she can combine babysitting with detective work.

Conford, Ellen. Hail, Hail, Camp Timberwood.  J FIC Conford
Relates the experiences of 13-year-old Melanie as she tries to cope with the traumas and pleasures of her first year at summer camp.

Eager, Edward. Half Magic.  JPB E / J Fic Eager
Four children looking forward to an ordinary summer enjoy a series of fantastic adventures by double-wishing on an ancient coin.

Hallowell, Tommy. Shot From Midfield.  J FIC Hallowell
Justin finally gets to prove his athletic abilities when he goes to summer soccer camp for three weeks.

Ferber, Brenda A.  Jemma Hartman, Camper Extraordinaire.  J Fic Ferber
Spending the summer after fifth grade at Camp Star Lake in Wisconsin, Jemma discovers the joy of sailing and learns a lesson about friendship.

Honey, Elizabeth.  Don't Pat the Wombat!  J FIC Honey
Wormz, Nicko, and their friends fear that their experience at a school camp in the Australian bush will be ruined by the presence of the dreaded Mr. Cromwell as a substitute chaperon.

Jackson, Alison. Crane's Rebound.  J FIC Jackson
At summer basketball camp eleven-year-old Les must cope with loneliness, peer pressure, boy-girl problems, and a talented but obnoxious roommate.

Jacobson, Jennifer Richard.  Truly Winnie.  J Fic Jacpbson
Winnie, Zoe and Vanessa are going to summer camp for the first time. Winnie worries no one will like her, she won't have a good time, and her father won't make it to Parent's Day.

Klise, Kate.  Letters from Camp.  JPB K
Sent to Camp Happy Harmony to learn how to get along with each other, pairs of brothers and sisters chronicle in letters home how they come to suspect the intentions of the singing family running the camp.

Lane, Carolyn. Ghost Island.  J FIC Lane
Four girl campers are involved in a series of misadventures when they set out to spy on the boys' camp across the lake and end up marooned on Ghost Island instead.

Levitin, Sonia. Annie's Promise.  J FIC Levitin
Her experiences at a summer camp in the California mountains in 1945 give twelve-year-old Annie Platt new insight into her overprotective family of German-Jewish immigrants. Sequel to "Silver Days."

McKenna, Colleen O'Shaughnessy. Camp Murphy.  J FIC McKenna
When Collette and two sixth-grade classmates try to run a neighborhood day camp, they face a series of problems, including arguments over who is in charge and the disappearance of Collette's brother.

McMullan, Kate. Great Advice From Lila Fenwick.  J FIC McMullan
Lila and a friend spend two weeks of the summer between fifth and sixth grade at a Boy Scout camp, where Lila's father is camp doctor, having a wonderful time learning about boys and nature too.

O'Connor, Jane. Yours Till Niagara Falls, Abby.  J FIC O'Connor
Ten-year-old Abby faces two months of summer camp without her best friend.

O'Dell, Kathleen. Agnes Parker ... Happy Camper? J Fic O'Dell
Science camp brings pranks, fun, rivalries, and a new and somewhat unsettling view of a longtime best friend.

Scieszka, Jon.  Summer Reading is Killing Me! J FIC Scieszka //  J PB S
At the beginning of summer vacation Joe, Sam, and Fred find themselves trapped inside their summer reading list, involved in a battle between good and evil characters from well-known children's books.

Vail, Rachel. Daring to Be Abigail.  J FIC Vail
During her summer at Camp Nashaquitsa, eleven-year-old Abby tries to reinvent herself, while worrying about her mother, missing her father, and getting to know her equally self-conscious bunkmates.

5/09

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