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This offbeat young adult novel, Camp So-and-So, brims with sharp twists. It blends camp humor with threads of fantasy and horror.
Readers follow the girls from five cabins as their narratives converge. Though their paths first seem separate, they ultimately collide in a looming clash between humans and otherworldly forces.

Campers

Twenty-five girls are sent to a mysterious summer camp and split into five cabins. Yet nothing is quite what it seems.
Kadie spotted Robin, her counselor, in front of the run-down mess hall with its high vaulted ceilings and rough-hewn timber beams. She had long brown hair, sported athletic sandals and cargo shorts, and stole a quick glance as Cabin 1 passed. They waved, but Dora stayed silent.

Cabins

One day in mid-February, twenty-five girls received letters and brochures inviting them to Camp So-and-So for a week. The lakeside resort, tucked into the Starveling Mountains, promised a variety of teen-friendly activities.
On arrival, though, nothing matches the pitch. Each of the five cabins faces a tougher mission than the last. In Cabin 2, a murderous former camper stalks Kadie; in Cabin 3, an ancient curse waits; in Cabin 5, supposed soulmates are not who they appear to be.

Actions

By mid-February, a group of twenty-five girls had letters and brochures inviting them to Camp So-and-So, a lakeside retreat high in the Starveling Mountains, for the summer. Enticed by glossy promises of upscale camp fun, they rushed their applications.
Each night at Cabin Chat, campers and counselors share their days and grow closer. Cabin groups are encouraged to invent and plan their own activity periods during this time.

Workers

Lured by brochures promising a week of camaraderie and fun, twenty-five girls travel to Camp So-and-So on a remote mountain lake. They don’t realize they’ve stumbled into something sinister.
Tracking everyone can be tricky, especially with so many unnamed figures. Still, the narrative deftly braids multiple plotlines so readers never feel lost. It’s a brisk, addictive read.

Games

Beyond swimming, capture the flag, and arts and crafts, the girls play “ship/shore.” One player is IT and calls out actions. If the call is “ship,” everyone races toward the ship side of the field. If it’s “shore,” they sprint the other way.
This Mary McCoy novel is smart, witty, and singular. Readers will stay up late chasing the next chapter.

Food

On Most Excellent Beach, a shaded picnic table overflowed with fried chicken, corn on the cob, and deviled eggs. There were watermelon platters and crystal pitchers of lemonade.
Though Cressida was a former backstroke champion with training in tai chi and karate, the other girls in Cabin 1 assumed she hated sports.
With enough twists to keep you turning pages past midnight, Mary McCoy’s latest is a dark, twisted YA fantasy.

The weather

When the brochures arrived in mid-February, the girls could hardly imagine riding horses or boating with snow still on the ground. No one in town had even heard of the place. Still, the girls weren’t sure why they believed the pitch. Their roommates were cruel; Cressida loathed everyone, and Dora was always in trouble. They longed to leave it all behind.
In this misfit-camp tale, Mary McCoy delivers a knockout. One page in, readers are hooked and reading late into the night.

Concept

The glossy promises of a carefree week don’t match what the girls find at Camp So-and-So. Mary McCoy’s dark, gripping YA thriller packs enough twists to glue readers to the page.
Cressida believed everyone despised her, especially the other girls in Cabin 1. The All-Camp Sport and Follies were all about athletics, and she knew they wouldn’t understand why she hated backstroke yet loved tai chi and karate.