I love summer books. I love friends books. And this summer I discovered I love books about summer camp and that there are quite a few young adult books with that theme, so I decided to read a few before Labor Day. I probably love them so much because of my fond memories of my camp days. The only difference is that I didn't spend the entire summer there even half the summer but a week to my dismay and I also went with people I know, which was great but I would have loved to have camp best friends like the girls in some of these books.
So, here are two reviews of some summer camp titles. I was hoping it would be three but the third one wasn't that great and after 60 pages I decided to stop. Enjoy!
Five Summers
I loved this book and wanted to sign myself up for summer camp there, especially because half of the book is reunion weekend, so there are adults at camp as well. The story is about Jo, Skylar, Emma and Maddie. Four girls that met at Camp Nebodoba as ten-year-olds and return together for the next five summers. Each year brings new and old traditions, including making a pact and rules for the four best friends. After the final summer, they all agree to return as camp counselors but only two do for reasons that readers find out as the story progresses. After a few years of little to no communication, the girls return for their first reunion weekend. Each has their own expecations of how the weekend will go and secrets they are not ready to share but all four girls have the same goal of rekindling their once inseparable friendship. Five Summers is a great young adult book that truly emphasizes how important friendship is, how hard it can be and how true friends overcome to remain friends.
Proof of Forever
Well, I thought I loved Five Summers but this one was 10x better! Again, the story is about four girls coming back for a reunion but this one has an element of time travel. When the time travel happened, my thought was I'm out. I don't do science fiction/fantasy; however, it was almost just like a sentence, a what if not a whole chapter about time travel. Luce, Joy, Zoe and Tali have grown apart and the summer before freshmen year of college they decide to reunite at the summer camp reunion. Each has a different reason for returning to the reunion and obviously after two years of not seeing each other or talking to each other after the fall out there is some tension. Each one is thinking about a second chance at rebuilding their friendship and after a trip to the photo booth transports them back the last week of camp two summers ago they just might get that. There are surprises throughout after the time travel and the girls ultimately think if they replay it exactly as is they will get back safely. But naturally things do not go as planned and in the long run it might be better that way. Read this book to relive some of your summer camp memories and I guarantee you will laugh, cry and remember how wonderful those summers were.
Happy Reading!
Proof of Forever
Well, I thought I loved Five Summers but this one was 10x better! Again, the story is about four girls coming back for a reunion but this one has an element of time travel. When the time travel happened, my thought was I'm out. I don't do science fiction/fantasy; however, it was almost just like a sentence, a what if not a whole chapter about time travel. Luce, Joy, Zoe and Tali have grown apart and the summer before freshmen year of college they decide to reunite at the summer camp reunion. Each has a different reason for returning to the reunion and obviously after two years of not seeing each other or talking to each other after the fall out there is some tension. Each one is thinking about a second chance at rebuilding their friendship and after a trip to the photo booth transports them back the last week of camp two summers ago they just might get that. There are surprises throughout after the time travel and the girls ultimately think if they replay it exactly as is they will get back safely. But naturally things do not go as planned and in the long run it might be better that way. Read this book to relive some of your summer camp memories and I guarantee you will laugh, cry and remember how wonderful those summers were.
Happy Reading!
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