Each of the five experiences a loss in a relationship, or of identity, or friendship or self-worth so that there are multiple resonances that any readers could relate to. The girls do get physically lost on their trip but the book is about so much more in terms of their losses over their lives. The entire structure and premise of The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore works on so many levels that I think it would reward multiple reads. Initially the title made me think it might be a twee representation of American summer camps, but I was completely wrong. What an intelligent and beautifully crafted novel this is. My Review of The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermoreįive girls head with their group leader out on an overnight trip whilst at summer camp.

We see them through successes and failures, loving relationships and heartbreaks we see what it means to find, and define, oneself, and the ways in which the same experience is refracted through different people.Ī portrait of friendship and of the families we build for ourselves, and the pasts we can’t escape. The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore traces these five girls through and beyond this fateful trip.

Filled with excitement and nervous energy, they set off on an overnight kayaking trip to a nearby island.īut 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 ForevermoreĪ group of young girls descend on a sleepaway camp where their days are filled with swimming lessons, friendship bracelets, and songs by the fire. The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore will be published by Legend Press on 15th February 2019 and is available for purchase here. My enormous thanks to Lucy at Legend Press for a copy of The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore by Kim Fu in return for an honest review. Netgalley Advocate Netgalley General Data Protection Regulations Discussing The Rice Birds with Lindy Keane Carter.Harriet’s Hungry Worms by Samantha Smith and Melissa Johns.

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