Mother-Daughter Book Camp (The Mother-Daughter Book Club)

Author: Frederick, Heather Vogel

Number Of Pages: 336

Details:

Spend one last summer with the Mother-Daughter Book Club at camp in this bittersweet conclusion to Heather Vogel Frederick’s beloved and bestselling series. After so many summers together, Emma, Jess, Megan, Becca, and Cassidy are reunited for one final hurrah before they go their separate ways. The plan is to spend their summer as counselors at Camp Lovejoy in a scenic, remote corner of New Hampshire, but things get off to a rocky start when their young charges are stricken with a severe case of homesickness. Hopefully, a little bit of bibliotherapy will do the trick, as the girls bring their longstanding book club to camp. From School Library Journal Gr 5–8—Before the teen protagonists scatter around the country to college, they spend one last summer together as counselors at Camp Lovejoy. For most of the group, this is their first time in this type of situation, and they struggle to help their younger charges. Many of the campers are dealing with homesickness, and the counselors jump into action to help make their summer one they won't forget (with the help of Understood Betsy, the classic novel by Dorothy Canfield Fisher). All but one of the main characters are white (Megan is Chinese American). There's enough context here to guarantee that those who haven't read the six previous installments will appreciate this final volume. While many of the teen counselors are going off to college and are dealing with boyfriend drama, much of the action is very innocent and perfectly middle grade-friendly. Young readers who have made the journey with these characters will be sad to say goodbye to them but will be satisfied with how it all ends.

Reviews:

"This is a solid capstone to a popularseries, and fans will enjoy watching the girls wrap things up before they headoff to college."

― VOYA

"Readers who have grown up with Jess, Becca, Cassidy, Emma, and Megan will savor this send-off as a fitting conclusion to their journey together through adolescence."

― Booklist

About the Author:

Heather Vogel Frederick is the award-winning author of the Mother-Daughter Book Club series, the Pumpkin Falls Mystery series, the Patience Goodspeed books, the Spy Mice series, and  Once Upon a Toad. An avid fan of small towns like Pumpkin Falls, Heather and her husband live in New England, close to where Heather grew up. You can learn more about the author and her books at HeatherVogelFrederick.com. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Mother-Daughter Book Camp Emma “And then something happened which changed Elizabeth Ann’s life forever and ever!” —Understood Betsy “I can’t believe I gave up my internship for this,” moans Megan, staring glumly out the rain-streaked window. Cassidy turns the windshield wipers on the minivan to the highest setting. “Whose idea was it, anyway?” she asks, scowling at the road ahead. “C’mon, you guys!” Jess protests. “It’s not that bad.” My friends have been needling Jess ever since we left Concord. Not that I blame them—I haven’t seen this much rain since that soggy year I lived in England. It drizzled all week back at home, but Mother Nature really turned on the faucets when we crossed the border from Massachusetts into New Hampshire a couple of hours ago. “Things won’t seem so bad once it clears up,” says Becca, who is calmly filing her nails. I give her a sidelong glance. Becca’s not usually this cheerful. I’m guessing her good mood is the result of the care package she got from Theo Rochester, her long-distance crush. He sent it care of Pies & Prejudice, Megan’s grandmother’s tea shop, where Becca has been working part-time after school. It’s kind of our hangout—and by “our” I mean the mother-daughter book club that we started back in middle school and that’s been going strong ever since. We all happened to be at the tea shop when the package arrived yesterday afternoon. “Box of snakes?” Cassidy had asked, smirking. Snakes are Theo Rochester’s passion i...

EAN: 9781442471832

Release Date: 03-05-2016

Languages: English

Item Note: Good shape with typical wear. Pages are unmarked and sharp. Hardcover Used - Very Good Ships fast! 2016

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood

Binding: Hardcover