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Whether it’s daycare at the YMCA or a fancy sleepaway camp tucked in the Adirondacks, few kids escape childhood summers without at least a brush with bug spray, ill-fitting camp T-shirts, and singalongs. I attended and taught at camps, and while I can’t say I miss the soggy cabin days when it rained or the terrible lunches, there is something magical about summer-only friendships, arts and crafts afternoons, and the inevitable tangle of urban legends shared around the campfire.

This kids’ and teen list is for all the summer camp lovers, haters, and sentimental readers out there. Enjoy it with a cup of bug juice.

A wonderful mashup of Baby-Sitters Club, Gravity Falls, The Princess in Black, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the Lumberjanes graphic novel series is perfect for elementary and tween readers who love mysteries, monsters, and girl power...