Synopses & Reviews
3 September
Ms. Paige Turner
Publisher, #1 Books R Us
Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York USA
Dear Ms. Turner,
Here is my manuscript. I'm calling it Letters from Camp.
Enjoy the enclosed manuscript. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
With kind regards,
Ivan Gems
P.S. I'd like to dedicate this book to the friends I made at camp, all of whom became like brothers and sisters to me, and to my sister Mimi who became a friend.
P.P.S. If any of my writing makes me sound like an amateur, would you be so kind to edit it? As you know, this is my first mystery. I really hadn't planned on publishing until I was at least 14.
Synopsis
The brother-sister pairs who arrive for the first season at Camp Happy Harmony are almost too busy fighting with each other to notice how strange the camp really is. But their tune changes as they take in the bizarre songs and uniforms, the chores they're expected to perform(like renovating buildings and cleaning septic lines), and the vile and potentially poisonous food served in the Wisteria Cafeteria. For people who claim to repair disharmonious sibling relationships, the Harmony family singers-six over-the-hill entertainers-seem far too busy arguing among themselves to do much good for the campers. Oh, and meanwhile, someone is trying to murder camp postmaster Lyle Splink, the only normal adult around.
For their own protection, the campers must put aside their sibling discord long enough to solve a diabolically amusing mystery and bring the villainous Harmonys to justice. Told in letters, secret notes, postcards and witty illustrations, Letters From Camp is a hilarious romp through a summer camp run amok.
About the Author
As a correspondent for
People magazine, Kate Klise covered everything from celebrity scandals to serial killers. After writing several bestselling children's books, Kate decided to write
In the Bag, her first novel for adults, when she found a note from a fellow passenger in her carry-on bag.
Kate Klise and illustrator M. Sarah Klise are sisters who have been writing each other letters for more than twenty years, culminating in 1998 with their fiction debut, Regarding the Fountain. When they're not writing letters, Kate who lives in Norwood, MO, is a correspondent for People; Sarah is an art teacher that lives in Berkeley, California.