Camp Murderface / Josh Berk & Saundra Mitchell.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062871633
- ISBN: 0062871633
- Physical Description: 339 pages : map ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | The year: 1983. The place: Ohio. The camp: Scary as heck. Camp Sweetwater is finally reopening, three decades after it mysteriously shut down. Campers Corryn Quinn and Tez Jones have each had more than enough of their regular lives--they're so ready to take their summer at Sweetwater by storm. But before they can so much as toast one marshmallow, strange happenings start...happening. Can they survive the summer? Or will Camp Sweetwater shut down for good this time--with them inside? |
Target Audience Note: | 8-12. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Camps > Juvenile fiction. Summer > Juvenile fiction. Haunted places > Juvenile fiction. Camps > Fiction. Summer > Fiction. Haunted places > Fiction. |
Genre: | Horror fiction. Paranormal fiction. |
Available copies
- 6 of 6 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | J FIC Ber (Text) | 33160144183822 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport | J BERK (Text) | 34000151409976 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | JF BER (Text) | 33260000515073 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | J BERK (Text) | 34000151507183 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Mark Twain Library Association - Redding | J Berk (Text) | 33620154624080 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Plumb Memorial Library - Shelton | J FIC BERK (Text) | 34025147567686 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Kirkus Review
Camp Murderface
Kirkus Reviews
Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Two kids team up to unravel a sinister, supernatural summer-camp mystery in 1983. Corryn's at Camp Sweetwater while her parents work on the divorce they think she doesn't know about. She bonds with Tez when they see eerie faces in the bonfire after a strange stick is added to it during their first night there. In their alternating first-person, present-tense narration, scares come fast and furious, with only the duo seeing (or, at least, acknowledging) that something's wrong. As the scares grow into physical dangers, action-oriented Corryn and scientifically minded Tez unearth the history of the camp. In a neat subversion of an oft-used trope, they learn that in the 1700s, the lake was cursed by the actions of a nefarious French trapper, leading the resident Miami Nation to abandon the area. Since the 1880s, the summer camp has opened and closed in 20-year cycles marked by disappearances--the first being the three girls whose faces the duo saw in the fire. Tez faces extra risks in physical scenes, as he has Marfan syndrome--only the staff knows; he's enjoying having his peers treat him like a "regular kid." Corryn presents white, and Tez is biracial, identifying as "half Chamorro" (his father is from Guam); other campers are diverse. While the main storyline resolves, a tantalizing ending suggests there are more chills to come in a planned sequel. A ghastly good time. (Horror. 8-14) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
BookList Review
Camp Murderface
Booklist
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Scoff if you dare, but this tale of a cursed summer camp lives up to its title as two campers determine to crack the mystery surrounding the lakeside retreat. Corryn had to be bribed by her soon-to-be-divorced parents to come to Camp Sweetwater (its official name), whereas chronically ill Tez begged to attend, excited for the chance to be a normal kid. The two hit it off and quickly begin noticing strange things that can't be logically explained, such as three ghostly faces screaming in a campfire, a murderous shower curtain, and an impossibly ancient lifeguard patrolling the lake's banks. As Tez and Corryn snoop around between mandatory square dancing lessons and craft sessions, they discover the camp's unsettling history and undertake a risky mission to put things right. Taking full advantage of its ramshackle, wooded setting, this 1980s horror romp will elicit laughs and chills as its characters carry out their ill-advised sleuthing. Gross-out elements, wit, and rule breaking keep the entertainment value high on this spooky summer story, which leaves room for a sequel.