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Come back to summer camp written by SAMMY BALDWIN, REFERENCE LIBRARIAN WASHINGTON COUNTY FREE LIBRARY For many of us, some of our best memories are from summer camp. So it’s no surprise that a common theme in books is returning to the camp of your childhood to find yourself. Washington County Free Library has some great books that tell that story. Check them out today!
One S’more Summer
by Beth Merlin This is the first entry in the Campfire Series that takes place at Camp Chinooka. If you love chick-lit and romance, this is the perfect summer camp romance novel for you. Our heroine, Gigi, escaped back to Camp Chinooka after losing her high-profile
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design job and learning that her best friends are finally getting married, despite her feelings for the husband-tobe. At camp, she is faced with scheming teenagers and a boys’ head counselor that you’ll hate to love.
Proof of Forever
by Lexa Hillyer Welcome again to Camp Okahatchee. Joy, Tali, Luce and Zoe are all reliving the best summer of their lives, thanks to a mysterious time-traveling photo booth that sent them back to their final summer at camp. At its heart, this is a story of friendship, but it also is a tale of self-discovery as the four friends try to re-create a summer past. Can you truly be the same person you were years ago?
by Nickolas Butler Butler’s novel is split in three sections: 1962, 1996 and 2019. In 1962, we meet Nelson, a 13-year-old Boy Scout who is an overachiever in all of his merits. Unfortunately, he has no friends. But that changes in the summer, when he meets Jonathan, who might as well be his polar opposite. From Jonathan, Nelson learns loyalty, bravery and trust. Flash forward to 1996, and Nelson is now the Scoutmaster at Camp Chippewa after serving in Vietnam. His son, Trevor, is now a Boy Scout, too, and he is just as good as his father used to be. In 2019, Nelson is about to retire from being a Scoutmaster, but not before Jonathan’s family comes to camp for a week, and a troubling incident occurs. Nelson, Jonathan and the readers must consider what it means to be “a good man” in this emotional novel.
