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The Kids Aren't Alright

by Bea McDermott

A summer mystery in the Alaskan wilderness

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A summer mystery in the Alaskan wilderness

Set in 1988, the story brings three teens to Camp Lightlake, a reformatory camp deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Their summer is shaped by the camp’s purpose of helping them get their lives back on track, then complicated by a decades-old mystery: a dangerous creature is said to lurk beneath the lake’s surface. The historical setting, troubled-teen premise, and creature mystery combine into a young adult story where personal change and an unsettling local secret share the spotlight.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young adult readers interested in stories about teens navigating a difficult summer.
  • Readers who enjoy historical fiction set in the United States during the 20th century.
  • Readers drawn to wilderness settings and mysteries involving a dangerous creature.

Themes

Personal changeTroubled teensSecrecy and mysteryWilderness

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Book overview

The year is 1988, and Finn, Ronan, and Becca are spending the summer at a reformatory camp located deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Camp Lightlake is the last chance the "troubled teens" have to get their lives back on track, but changing for the better gets more complicated when the trio is dragged into the decades-old mystery of a dangerous creature lurking underneath the surface of the camp's lake.

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