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Chil­dren’s
A Place to Belong: Deb­bie Fried­man Sings Her Way Home
Deborah Lakritz; Julie Castano, illus. 
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Chil­dren’s
Chunky Goes to Camp
Yehu­di Mercado
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Non­fic­tion
Year­book
Seth Rogen
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Fic­tion
The Sun Will Come Out
Joanne Levy
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Fic­tion
Cool for the Summer
Dahlia Adler
Essay

Jew­ish Sleep­away Camp Gave My Messy Human Body a Home

Ariel­la Elovic
February 10, 2021
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Non­fic­tion
Camp Girls: Fire­side Lessons in Friend­ship, Courage, and Loyalty
Iris Kras­now
Essay

Like­ly Morningstar

Melanie Con­roy-Gold­man
October 26, 2020
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Non­fic­tion
Hebrew Infu­sion
Sarah Bunin Benor
Jonathan B. Krasner
Sharon Avni
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Fic­tion
Albie’s Strug­gle: A Novel
R.S. Stein­berg
Sum­mer Camp Vibes
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Fic­tion
On Black­ber­ry Hill
Rachel Mann
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Chil­dren’s
Sam and Char­lie (and Sam Too) at Camp!
Leslie Kim­mel­man
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Chil­dren’s
Sadie, Ori, and Nug­gles Go To Camp
Jamie Korn­gold
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Chil­dren’s
No Baths At Camp
Tamar Fox; Natali Vasquez, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Hel­lo Mud­dah, Hel­lo Fad­dah: A Let­ter from Camp
Allan Sherman, Lou Busch, Jack E. Davis (Illus.)
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