Cover of The Last Ember by Lily Berlin Dodd.
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Friday, July 17 – The Last Ember

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Good evening, eager readers! Somehow, against all odds, it’s Friday already. Week 2 flew by in a whirlwind, and WOW, what a wonderful week it was. We put a ribbon on this fantastic camp session with our final author visit that saw us crafting our own magical creatures and creating friendship bracelets ahead of a lively Share session full of skits, songs, a back-by-popular-demand screening of a camp favorite original film, and a lot of rambling. Dying to know more? Read on for every last detail!

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Cover of Nox Winters and the Midnight Wolf by Rochelle Hassan.
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Thursday, July 16 – Nox Winters and the Midnight Wolf

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Welcome back for another great day at camp! Today, we embarked on an adventure, welcoming Rochelle Hassan to talk about her book, Nox Winters and the Midnight Wolf! This book follows twin brothers Nox and Noah on their adventure to find a cure for Noah’s mysterious illness in their mom’s hometown, Evergreen. But make no mistake, this is no ordinary town. This town is home to the dimension of night called the Nightwood, where it’s always dark and cryptids are hiding in every corner. Join us as we become amateur cryptozoologists, explore alternate dimensions right in our very own Central Park, and become the authors of our own stories!

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Cover of A Scar Like a River by Lisa Graff.
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Wednesday, July 15 – A Scar Like a River

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Today, we were thrilled to welcome Lisa Graff for her fourth (!!!) visit to the Thalia Kids Book Club Camp. This time, we showcased her newest, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award-winning A Scar Like a River. The book tells the story of a girl named Fallon, who over the course of the book finds the courage to get support for three traumatic events that she’s kept secret since she was five years old. It deals with themes of trauma and sexual abuse in a way that informs but doesn’t exploit, with a gorgeous mix of humor and general middle school hijinks. It was definitely a camper favorite this week!

But before our activities: campers puzzle out a game of Clue!
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Cover of (S)Kin by Ibi Zoboi.
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Tuesday, July 14 – (S)Kin

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Hello again, my fellow bookworms! Today at camp, our featured book (S)Kin challenged us to consider point of view, and gave us the opportunity to see the world through different perspectives: the contrasting perspectives of our featured book; through the eyes of our fellow campers; and even considering what the natural world around us might have to say. Want to step into our shoes? Read on for a full recap! It’ll be like you were right here with us.

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Against a lined paper background: book covers of I Was A Teenage Death God, (S)Kin, A Scar Like a River, Nox Winters and the Midnight Wolf, and The Last Ember
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All About Week 2!

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Good morning, my fellow bookworms! We’re already halfway through the 2026 Thalia Kids Book Club Camp session; Week 1 was a whirlwind of ghosts, poetry, paper-crafting, baseball card trades, and the world premieres of several new plays. Many thanks to everyone who helped make Week 1 special, from our campers to our guest authors to our counselors and everyone at Symphony Space who lent us a hand! Now, we can’t wait to embrace everything Week 2 has to offer. We have another incredible line-up of books and authors awaiting us, and a whole bunch of veteran campers to welcome back along with first-time attendees. If Monday feels a million miles away, this post is for you! Read on for our official Week 2 preview, and get your hands on these books – there’s still time to speed-read them all before Monday morning.

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