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Boys Camp: Zee's Story Kindle Edition

by Kitson Jazynka (Author), Valerie Tripp (Author), Craig Orback (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition

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Who are the two funniest guys at Camp Wolf Trail? Will ’n’ Zeeno question! The best buddies have emailed all winter long, and now they’re back at camp, with millions of great ideas for practical jokes and more than a few big surprises to spring on their fellow campers and counselors. Will and Zee are a trickster team of two. They’re partners-in-pranks, a dynamic duo, a famously hilarious pair.

At first, all the mayhem and mischief they cause is a big success. Who’d have guessed that a stuffed octopus, toilet paper, and pies could be combined so comically? Will and Zee’s twist on a Camp Wolf Trail tradition is brilliantand means that they’re rewarded with the privilege of doing Dead Man’s Dive off Big Boulder into O’Mannitt’s Cove. They’re sure their next triumph will be finding the camp’s best-kept secret: the location of Hidden Falls. But when Zee tries to include other guys in the searching, plotting. planning, and fun, Will gets mad, and their friendship blows up. Zee must face his scariest, most dangerous crisis on his own while on a kayaking trip, and for a while, it looks like all is lost. Will Zee be able to save Cookie’s life and rescue his friendship with Will, too? Is this the end of Will ’n’ Zee? Must Hidden Falls remain hidden? One thing’s for sure: Zee will have an adventure-packed summer at Camp Wolf Trail!

Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readerspicture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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Kitson Jazynka is an award-winning freelance writer and children’s author. Her work appears regularly in National Geographic Kids, American Girl, and Young Rider magazines, as well as the Washington Post’s KidsPost section. She recently wrote a book for the Washington, DC, Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Foundation about the creation of the historic memorial. The author of Boys Camp: Nate’s Story, Jazynka currently lives with her familyincluding her two young sonsin Washington, DC.

Valerie Tripp is the award-winning author of more than 40 books of historical fiction in the American Girl series. She also writes stories, songs, and poems for The Superkids Reading Program, and is a founder and the Editorial Director of Boys Camp. A frequent speaker at schools, libraries, and scout troops, Tripp graduated magna cum laude from the first co-educated class at Yale University in 1973. In 1981, she received a Masters of Education from Harvard, where she focused on reading education. She resides in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Craig Orback is a freelance children’s book illustrator who graduated with a degree in illustration from Cornish College of the Arts. Since 2001, he has illustrated eighteen children’s books, including Boys Camp: Zack’s Story and Boys Camp: Nate’s Story, while simultaneously working on projects for children’s magazines, school textbooks, and other avenues. He lives with his family in Seattle, Washington.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00WRITSSS
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sky Pony (May 19, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 19, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 6747 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 105 pages

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Craig Orback is an award winning freelance children’s book illustrator living near beautifully green Seattle. He received his B.F.A. in illustration from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle in 1998 and promptly began his career as an illustrator. He has illustrated over 20 book titles including “Born to Draw Comics- The Story of Charles Schulz and the Creation of Peanuts”, 'Gifts From the Enemy', the 'Boys Camp' series, 'The Can Man', 'Nature's Paintbox', 'and other award winning children's books. He also illustrates for the educational market and children's magazines. Clients include Henry Holt Books, Scholastic, Simon and Schuster, McGraw Hill, Boy's Life, Millbrook Press, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Lerner Publishing, Lee & Low Books, and Highlights for Kids. He teaches children's book illustration at several local colleges. In his free time he enjoys being out in nature, the movies and sharing his books with kids during school and library visits. You can learn more about his work at http://www.craigorback.com
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my son was too old? for them I guess, wasn't interested in reading them.--age 10 and going to camp for the first time. Better for an 8 year old going to camp for the first time?

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A good middle grade summer read

Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2017

It’s summertime, and Zee is excited to return to Camp Wolf Trail and hang out with all of his friends, especially his best friend and partner in pranks, Will. But things are a little different this year when Will gets angry at Zee for including other friends in their camp fun. Zee is worried about the infamous Will and Zee dynamic duo coming to an end, but heads out on an kayaking trip with his camp group, where he finds himself in some serious danger – can he navigate his way out of the rapids before it’s too late, and reconcile with his best buddy? It’s going to be a heck of a summer at Boys Camp!

This is a great book for my more conservative readers, who’ve been on my mind since reading the article about serving more conservative teen patrons in School Library Journal. I’ve got quite a few groups of kids who want something without a lot of negative connotations or perceived bad behaviors. These are the kids that are still my ardent Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys readers, My American Girl readers, and now, I imagine my Boys Camp series readers.

Co-authored by National Geographic books for kids author Kitson Jazynka and American Girl author Valerie Tripp, Boys Camp: Zee’s Story is good, lighthearted storytelling. These are good kids that like to have fun, enjoy working together, and yes, experience conflict. What you’re not getting are mean-spirited kids, ghost stories, or wisecracking kids that outwit adults on a regular basis. Conservative teens start out as conservative middle-grade readers, and finding books for this group isn’t always the easiest. Books like Zee’s Story are great for me to give to my younger readers and readers from conservative families, because the characters are multi-ethnic, work together, and form respectful relationships with the adults in the camp. The story itself is light and fun, and set within a larger Boys Camp series from Sky Pony, allowing return readers to make new literary friends and return to a favorite place. Illustrations by Craig Orback flesh out the readers’ imaginations and add some tension to scenes like the kayak ride by the rapids.

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