Where Trouble Leads.Where Trouble Leads Brenda Chapman Brenda Chapman Lima is a staff member of Pixar. A native of the state of Illinois, Chapman's interest in animation as a teenager led her to study and then at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). Napoleon Publishing 178 Willowdale Avenue, Suite 201, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M2N 4Y8 9781894917445, $8.95 www.napoleonpublishing.com 1-877-730-9052 When Jennifer Bannon, age 15, agrees to spend her summer as a camp counselor at White Pine Camp White Pine Camp is an Adirondack Great Camp on Osgood Pond in Paul Smiths, New York. In 1926, it served as the Summer White House for US President Calvin Coolidge. The camp, built on 35 acres for New York businessman Archibald White in 1907, consists of 20 buildings, along with her younger sister Leslie and her best friend Ambie, her summer in the isolated wilderness on Georgian Bay Georgian Bay, large northeastern extension of Lake Huron, S Ont., Canada, separated from Lake Huron by Manitoulin Island and by the Bruce Peninsula; Lucas Channel is its chief connection with Lake Huron. descends into danger and suspense. There are strange people and mysterious activities taking place at the camp after 'lights out', including someone lurking See lurk. (messaging, jargon) lurking - The activity of one of the "silent majority" in a electronic forum such as Usenet; posting occasionally or not at all but reading the group's postings regularly. in the woods past curfew curfew [O.Fr.,=cover fire], originally a signal, such as the ringing of a bell, to damp the fire, extinguish all lights in the dwelling, and retire for the night. The custom originated as a precaution against fires and was common throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. . Upon investigation, Jennifer discovers that drug smugglers are using the camp as a cover-up! It's a race against time in Jennifer's attempt to solve the mystery of White Pine before tragedy strikes the camp and the girls for whom she is responsible. Very highly recommended and entertaining reading, "Where Trouble Leads" by Brenda Chapman is a superbly crafted mystery for adolescent readers that will hold their rapt attention from first page to last. |
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