6/7/2023 0 Comments Camp Rex by Molly Idle![]() By the final page, she’s back home reading a postcard from her friend that says “See you next year,” and we can see how this modest family tradition has both anchored her and helped her grow. They dig together in the sand and roast marshmallows at a bonfire on the beach. They leave the beach as the gulls return.” We witness one new turn of events: She makes a friend, a boy. Describing the late-afternoon exodus from the water, she observes perceptively: “Everyone moves slowly. In a confident voice, she narrates the unchanging routine once they get there. Every year, she tells us, her family takes the “same roads” and arrives at the “same beach.” She calls it their cottage, but she knows it’s really a motel. ![]() ![]() That’s why I like it,” says the grade-school-age narrator of this stylishly illustrated celebration of the annual week at the beach. ![]()
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