Download or read book The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore written by Kim Fu and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A sensitive, evocative exploration of how the past threads itself through our lives, reemerging in unexpected ways.”—Celeste Ng, #1 New York Times bestselling author At Forevermore, a sleepaway camp in the Pacific Northwest, campers are promised adventures in the woods, songs by the fire, and lifelong friends. Bursting with excitement and nervous energy, five girls set off on an overnight kayaking trip to a nearby island. But before the night is over, they find themselves stranded, with no adults to help them survive or guide them home. The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore follows Nita, Andee, Isabel, Dina, and Siobhan beyond this fateful trip, showing us the lives of the haunted and complex women these girls become. From award-winning novelist Kim Fu comes a stunning portrait of girlhood, the nuances of survival, and the pasts we can’t escape. “[Fu] is a propulsive storyteller, using clear and cutting prose to move seamlessly through time . . . In the one-way glass of the novel, we watch the girls of Forevermore from a series of angles, in all their private anguishes. We lean closer, unable to turn away.”—The New York Times Book Review “Fu precisely renders the banal humiliations of childhood, the chilling steps humans take to survive, and the way time warps memory.”—Publishers Weekly “An unblinking view of the social and emotional survival of the fittest that all too often marks the female coming of age.”—Toronto Star “These portraits of sisterhood, motherhood, daughterhood, wifehood, girlfriendhood, independent womanhood, and other female-identified-hoods sing and groan and scream with complexity and nuance, and they make me want to read her next ten books.”—The Stranger

Download or read book Camp Maqua written by Kathryn A. Baker and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-09 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bay City, Michigan, YWCA camp began as a small gathering of 65 women during the summer of 1916 at a rental cottage in Killarney. The second site, selected two years later, was on Aplin Beach near Saginaw Bay. In 1924, the YWCA purchased the Camp Maqua property in Hale, on the shores of Loon Lake, with a solitary farmhouse, and numerous cabins were then completed. After the YWCA sold the property to a private owner in 1979, it was subdivided into 10 parcels. In 1987, the Baker/Starks families purchased the lodge and 14 acres. Ten families continue to keep the spirit of Maqua alive through an association dedicated to retaining the historical integrity of the land and remaining buildings.

Download or read book Camp Club Girls and the Mystery at Discovery Lake written by Renae Brumbaugh and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Elizabeth, Alexis, Bailey, Sydney, McKenzie, and Kate end up as roommates at summer camp, they soon suspect there's more going on than crafts and Bible quizzes.

Download or read book The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls written by Anton Disclafani and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part love story, part coming-of-age novel set in southern high society, 1930s America. Perfect for fans of Tigers in Red Weather and Curtis Sittenfield. Thea Atwell is fifteen years old in 1930, when, following a scandal for which she has been held responsible, she is 'exiled' from her wealthy and isolated Florida family to a debutante boarding school in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. As Thea grapples with the truth about her role in the tragic events of 1929, she finds herself enmeshed in the world of the Yonahlossee Riding Camp, with its complex social strata ordered by money, beauty and equestrienne prowess; where young women are indoctrinated in the importance of 'female education' yet expected to be married by twenty-one; a world so rarified as to be rendered immune (at least on the surface) to the Depression looming at the periphery, all overseen by a young headmaster who has paid a high price for abandoning his own privileged roots...

Download or read book Summer in the Girls Camp written by Anna Worthington Coale and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Camp Fire Girls written by Jennifer Helgren and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2022-12 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the twentieth century dawned, progressive educators established a national organization for adolescent girls to combat what they believed to be a crisis of girls’ education. A corollary to the Boy Scouts of America, founded just a few years earlier, the Camp Fire Girls became America’s first and, for two decades, most popular girls’ organization. Based on Protestant middle-class ideals—a regulatory model that reinforced hygiene, habit formation, hard work, and the idea that women related to the nation through service—the Camp Fire Girls invented new concepts of American girlhood by inviting disabled girls, Black girls, immigrants, and Native Americans to join. Though this often meant a false sense of cultural universality, in the girls’ own hands membership was often profoundly empowering and provided marginalized girls spaces to explore the meaning of their own cultures in relation to changes taking place in twentieth-century America. Through the lens of the Camp Fire Girls, Jennifer Helgren traces the changing meanings of girls’ citizenship in the cultural context of the twentieth century. Drawing on girls’ scrapbooks, photographs, letters, and oral history interviews, in addition to adult voices in organization publications and speeches, The Camp Fire Girls explores critical intersections of gender, race, class, nation, and disability.

Download or read book Summer Camps Boys and Girls written by Henry Wellington Wack and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Camp Fire Girls at Camp Keewaydin written by Hildegarde Gertrude Frey and published by 1st World Publishing. This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All aboard! The hoarse voice of Captain MacLaren boomed out like a fog horn, waking a clatter of echoes among the tall cliffs on the opposite shore of the river, and sending the seventy-five girls on the dock all skurrying for the Carribou's gangplank at once. "Hurry up, Hinpoha! We're getting left behind." Agony strained forward on the suitcase she was helping Hinpoha to carry down the hill and endeavored to catch up with the crowd, a proceeding which she soon acknowledged to be impossible, for Hinpoha, rendered breathless by the hasty scramble from the train, lagged farther behind with every step. "I - can't - go - any - faster!" she panted, and abruptly let go of her end of the suitcase to fan herself with her hand. "What's the use of rushing so, anyway?" she demanded plaintively. "They won't go off without us; they can see us coming down the hill. It wasn't my fault that my camera got wedged under the seat and made us be the last ones off the train," she continued, "and I'm not going to run down this hill and go sprawling, like I did in the elevator yesterday. Are the other girls on already?" she asked, searching the crowd below with her eyes for a sight of the other Winnebagos.

Download or read book Sleepaway written by Laurie Susan Kahn and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the memories of summer camp from the girls who spent their summers swimming, hiking, crafting, making friends, and finding themselves.

Download or read book Girls of the Morning Glory Camp Fire written by Isabel Hornibrook and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-11 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'Girls of the Morning-Glory Camp Fire' by Isabel Hornibrook, readers are taken on a captivating journey through the lives of a group of young girls at a summer camp. The book is written in a nostalgic and lyrical style, reminiscent of classic coming-of-age literature. Hornibrook skillfully explores themes of friendship, self-discovery, and the beauty of nature, making the reader feel like they are part of the adventures and misadventures of the campers. Set in the early 20th century, the book provides a rich literary context, offering insight into the lives of young women during that time period. Hournibrook's attention to detail and vivid descriptions bring the camp and its inhabitants to life, making for a truly immersive reading experience. Isabel Hornibrook, a renowned author with a background in education and child psychology, draws on her own experiences with young people to craft a story that is both engaging and insightful. Her passion for empowering young girls and fostering a sense of community shines through in 'Girls of the Morning-Glory Camp Fire'. I highly recommend this book to readers who enjoy heartwarming tales of friendship and growth, as well as those interested in historical fiction and coming-of-age stories.

Download or read book The Camp Fire Girls At Camp Keewaydin Or Paddles Down written by Hildegard G. Frey and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Camp Fire Girls at Camp Keewaydin" by Hildegard G. Frey is a gripping conventional that demonstrates her mastery at fusing fiction with real-world reports. Published at a time while the Camp Fire Girls motion became starting to benefit traction, Frey's tale revolves around the misadventures of young girls at Camp Keewaydin and provides a stimulating examine at the side of insightful lifestyles lessons. As an achieved storyteller, Frey creates a rich tapestry of imagination and emotion that transports readers to a variety of emotional settings. In addition to inspecting the pleasures and problems of tenting, the book gives a greater comprehension of friendship, private improvement, and the not unusual studies that unite humans. Because of Frey's elegant and approachable writing fashion, a broad target market may additionally experience his outstanding stories. The author hopes that by sharing the stories of the Camp Fire Girls, she can help readers relate to each other and broaden a more expertise of the complexity of the human spirit. Hildegard G. Frey's "The Camp Fire Girls at Camp Keewaydin" is a testomony to her willpower to writing literature this is extra than just exciting studying. It is a tale that connects with readers, permitting them to connect with the time-honored themes of self-discovery and camaraderie whilst also escaping into a mystical world.

Download or read book The Meadow Brook Girls Under Canvas Or Fun and Frolic in the Summer Camp written by Janet Aldridge and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Girls go off to summer camp together for some fun and frolic and encounter a mystery along the way.

Download or read book The Camp Fire Girls at Long Lake Or Bessie King in Summer Camp written by Jane L. Stewart and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-08-12 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'The Camp Fire Girls at Long Lake; Or, Bessie King in Summer Camp' by Jane L. Stewart, readers are transported to the exciting world of the Camp Fire Girls as they embark on a summer adventure at Long Lake. The book is written in a straightforward and engaging style, with vivid descriptions that bring the camp setting to life. Stewart's focus on the camaraderie and growth of the young girls reflects the ideals of the Camp Fire Girls organization, making this book both entertaining and educational for young readers. Set in the early 20th century, the novel captures the spirit of a simpler time while highlighting timeless themes of friendship, teamwork, and personal development. Jane L. Stewart's background in education and youth development shines through in 'The Camp Fire Girls at Long Lake', as she effectively combines storytelling with valuable life lessons. Stewart's passion for empowering young girls and fostering community shines through in her writing, making this book a meaningful and impactful read for readers of all ages. Recommended for those who enjoy heartwarming tales of friendship and adventure, this book is a delightful journey into the world of the Camp Fire Girls and the joys of summer camp.

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Download or read book The Girl Scouts At Camp Comalong Or Peg Of Tamarack Hills written by Lilian Garis and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong: Or Peg of Tamarack Hills" by using Lilian Garis is an captivating journey that follows the exploits of the Girl Scouts as they embark on a summer camp journey within the picturesque putting of Camp Comalong. This book captivates readers with its mixture of outdoor escapades, friendship, and personal growth. At Camp Comalong, the Girl Scouts, led with the aid of their innovative leader Miss Hayes, immerse themselves in a sequence of thrilling sports and demanding situations. Amidst the splendor of Tamarack Hills, the girls forge bonds of camaraderie even as honing their skills in tenting, hiking, and outside survival. Central to the tale is Peg, a lively and decided Scout whose braveness and resilience inspire her fellow campers. As Peg navigates the rigors and triumphs of camp lifestyles, she learns precious classes about management, teamwork, and self-discovery. Garis's brilliant descriptions and attractive narrative shipping readers to the heart of Camp Comalong, wherein journey and discovery await at every turn. "The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong" is a timeless story of friendship, courage, and the joys of outside exploration, positive to captivate readers of every age.

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