Camp spirit

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Title:

Camp spirit

Author:

Lenoir, Axelle, author, illustrator.

Cab, colorist.

Strauss, Pablo, translator.

Jensen, Aleshia, translator.

Summary:

Summer 1994: with just two months left before college, Elodie is forced by her mother to take a job as a camp counselor. She doesn't know the first thing about nature, or sports, of kids for that matter, and isn't especially interested in learning... but now she's responsible for a foul-mouthed horde of red-headed girls who just might win her over, whether she likes it or not. Just as Elodie starts getting used to her new environment, though -- and close to one of the other counselors -- a dark mystery lurking around the camp begins to haunt her dreams. -- Amazon.

General Note:

Originally published by Studio Lounak as L'Espirit du camp.

Physical Description:

202 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Genre:

Coming-of-age comics.

Paranormal comics.

Graphic novels.

Subject Term:

Camps -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Camp counselors -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Lesbian teenagers -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Interpersonal relations -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Supernatural -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Author(s):

Cab,

Strauss, Pablo,

Jensen, Aleshia,

Publisher:

Top Shelf Productions,

Publication Date:

2020

ISBN:

9781603094658

Publication Information:

Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, [2020]

Call Number:

YA LENOIR

Holds: Copies:

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Summer camp is supposed to be about finding nirvana in a rock garden... But Elodie prefers Nirvana and Soundgarden. Can she confront rambunctious kids, confusing feelings, and supernatural horrors all at once?

Summer 1994: with just two months left before college, Elodie is forced by her mother to take a job as a camp counselor. She doesn't know the first thing about nature, or sports, of kids for that matter, and isn't especially interested in learning... but now she's responsible for a foul-mouthed horde of red-headed girls who just might win her over, whether she likes it or not. Just as Elodie starts getting used to her new environment, though -- and close to one of the other counselors -- a dark mystery lurking around the camp begins to haunt her dreams.

Author Notes

Axelle Lenoir started out as a 2D artist in 1999, for a Quebec City video game company. In 2003, wanting to escape the large production teams in order to get more creative freedom (and because she's a kind of a control freak), she quit and made her first steps in comic books. The Switzerland publisher Paquet, published the Mertownville trilogy in the mid-2000s. Since then, Axelle's works were edited by French, Belgian and Canadian publishers. Her most recent series, Camp Spirit (Lounak Books and Top Shelf), is a coming-of-age story about an unlikely friendship between Catherine and Elodie, two summer camp counselors. Axelle's writing style is a mix between humor, everyday life situations, fantasy and comic strips. She likes to write about women, teenagers, folklore, parallel universes and stupid cats.

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 9 Up--A dire fate awaits Elodie after she graduates from high school: working at Camp Bear Lake, at the behest of her mother, to earn money to pay for college. From the moment she arrives, she knows she's in for "the summer from hell." On top of gross public restrooms, showers with no doors, and a bizarre camp chief, she's responsible for "the redheads," the six most unruly campers. Things look up when she befriends fellow counselor Catherine. But when Elodie has nightmares and sees blue lights in the forest, she fears that a dark forest spirit is after them all. Full-color saturated artwork captures camp life, from the blossoming romance between Elodie and Catherine to eerie forest legends. Set in 1994, the story is infused with Nineties nostalgia, set to a soundtrack of Nine Inch Nails and Nirvana. The characters are funny and believable, with wonderful expressions and amusing dialogue. Some mild profanity and a bit of suggested nudity during shower and swimming scenes place this one firmly in the older YA camp. However, one page features a jarring visualstereotype of Native American culture--acamper with face paint, feathers in her hair,and a tomahawk. VERDICT There's a lot readers will enjoy about this coming-of-age camp comedy: romance, a doseof paranormal horror, and laugh-out-loud shenanigans. It's unfortunate that it includes a hurtful depiction of Native culture.--Kelley Gile, Cheshire Public Library, CT