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Disciplinary Piles

by Nancy M. Borski

A summer of learning in the New Hampshire wilderness

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A summer of learning in the New Hampshire wilderness

Set at Camp W in Northern New Hampshire in the summer of 1940, the novel centers on Kelvin’s move from an inner-city environment into a world of outdoor challenges. Activities such as building rafts and climbing mountains give him practical lessons beyond the classroom, while friendship and young love bring personal challenges of their own. The camp setting connects physical adventure with Kelvin’s changing understanding of himself and others, framing one summer as a formative passage into adulthood.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in coming-of-age fiction.
  • Readers drawn to stories set in camps and wilderness environments.
  • Those interested in outdoor activities alongside themes of friendship and young love.

Themes

Coming of ageWilderness and outdoor learningFriendshipYoung love

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Book overview

Coming to a new world, young Kelvin realizes that the wilderness really holds many more lessons than the inner city could have ever taught him. Camp W, in Northern New Hampshire provides the prime location for learning new things, even things that cannot be taught in a classroom. From building rafts, to scaling mountains, Kelvin's wilderness skills grow and enable him to become a more rounded individual. But young love and true friendship send Kelvin to a whole new world and provide him with the life lessons we all must face.

Through trials and tribulations, Kelvin overcomes many hurdles and learns life lessons some can only dream to learn. Though at the time, these adventures seemed more dangerous than educational, Kelvin learned more during that first summer than he ever would again throughout his life and truly became a man during the summer of 1940.

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