Rather than moving on from the thought, Patterson, a Palm Beach resident and chairwoman of the town's Landmarks Preservation Commission, lingered on it. Kirkus’ reviewer calls the book “a pleasant pastiche of teen sleuthing and coming-of-age gay romance.A few days after her mom, Lorraine Ormson, died in 2019 at the age of 98, Sue Patterson was sitting with her husband, James, when something "totally insignificant" came to mind. Further visions reveal that a murder may have occurred at the camp years before-and that Katie’s father may have been involved. While there, she has a disturbing supernatural vision of a bully taunting a younger boy she investigates further with her best friend, Katie, for whom she also has romantic feelings. Rowling’s work, although it approvingly points out that Ezekiel is “a less hotheaded 11-year-old than Harry Potter was.”Ī YA mystery by Dolores Maggiore, Death and Love at the Old Summer Camp, tells the tale of 15-year-old Pina Mazzini, who, in 1959, explores an abandoned boys summer camp while on vacation. Kirkus’ review compares this summer-camp tale to J.K. Ezekiel soon makes friends, sprouts wings, and confronts sinister forces. In Renee Perez’s middle-grade novel Camp Strange, fifth grader Ezekiel Raroso discovers that he has magical powers, so he’s sent to the titular camp-which, as it turns out, is for Faerman children, also known as fairies. Kirkus’ reviewer calls it “a comforting introduction” that “honestly portrays the nervousness that first-time campers feel.” In it, Stover, a young pig, is anxious about going to sleep-away camp for the first time-but he has so much fun swimming, sailing, and stargazing, among other activities, that he’s eager to return next year. The COVID-19 pandemic has altered such plans, but as kids shelter in place, they can vicariously experience different versions of camp thanks to these books, reviewed by Kirkus Indie:įor the youngest campers, there’s Stover Goes To Camp, part of a picture-book series by Kathy Brodsky with illustrations by Cameron Bennett.
Ordinarily, children and teens across the country would now be attending summer camps-making new friends, learning about nature, and engaging in fun, educational activities.
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