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Camp Club Girls #8
Sydney's Outer Banks Blast
Whether it's finding missing millionaires or rescuing sea lions, you'll love the adventure, as the Camp Club Girls pitch in their personal skills to solve mysteries and save the day!
160 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2010
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About the author
Jean Fischer
133 books61 followersJean Fischer is a professional writer with a solid background in publishing. While an editor at Golden Books, she oversaw the creative development of activity books and award-winning audio and book products. As a freelance writer, she co-wrote books with Christian authors Thomas Kinkade, John MacArthur, and John C. Maxwell and created devotions for the popular children's series Adventures in Odyssey concepted by Dr. James Dobson.
Jean writes Christian literature for adults as well as children's picture books, board books, nonfiction books and K-6 Language Arts workbooks and textbooks. She also creates promotional material for a leading fast-food restaurant. Her recent books include four preteen novels in the Camp Club Girls series published by Barbour Books and A Charles Dickens Devotional by Thomas Nelson.
Jean holds degrees in elementary education and library science and an advanced certificate in technical communication.
Jean writes Christian literature for adults as well as children's picture books, board books, nonfiction books and K-6 Language Arts workbooks and textbooks. She also creates promotional material for a leading fast-food restaurant. Her recent books include four preteen novels in the Camp Club Girls series published by Barbour Books and A Charles Dickens Devotional by Thomas Nelson.
Jean holds degrees in elementary education and library science and an advanced certificate in technical communication.
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April 9, 2020
About this book:
“Things are getting bizarre in the Outer Banks.
Sydney and Bailey get more than they bargained for on a visit to North Carolina, where they encounter baffling events on the beaches of the Outer Banks.
A mysterious old sea captain. . .
Odd lights hovering over the water at night. . .
Tales of a ghost ship. . .
Resident weird kid, Drake Wright. . .
Is a strange creature lurking in the ocean depths? Who—or what—is making those peculiar tracks in the sand? The Camp Club Girls are ready to investigate!”
Series: Book #8 in the “Camp Club Girls” series. Reviews of #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, and #7.
Spiritual Content- Scriptures are quoted & talked about; A Blessing over food; Talks about God, the Holy Ghost, & creation; ‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Mentions of God & the Holy Ghost; Mentions of Bibles and those & events in the Bible; A few mentions of prayers & praying; A few mentions of Christians; A couple mentions of churches, a pastor, & a sermon; A couple mentions of Heaven; A mention of praising God;
*Note: Many mentions of ghosts & folklore.
Negative Content- Mentions of famous pirates, shipwrecks, & missing crews; Mentions of bones/skeletons, deaths/bodies, & a graveyard (mainly all teasing); Mentions of possibly killings and/or mutinies (not-detailed); A couple mentions of wars; A couple mentions of (assuming about) kidnappings; A couple mentions of nightmares;
*Note: Many mentions of UFOs & aliens (Bailey thinks she keeps seeing a UFO and her imagination runs away with her while Sydney doesn’t think they are real); Mentions of Bigfoot; A couple mentions of headless horsemen from a book; A couple mentions of a movie.
Sexual Content- Mentions of a cute boy; A few mentions of blushes.
-Sydney Lincoln, age 13
P.O.V. of Sydney
157 pages
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Pre Teens- Four Stars
New Teens- Three Stars
Early High School Teens- Three Stars
Older High School Teens- Three Stars
My personal Rating- Three Stars
While not my favorite book in this series, it still was a fun read that was different and unique. :)
Link to review:
https://booksforchristiangirls.blogsp...
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
“Things are getting bizarre in the Outer Banks.
Sydney and Bailey get more than they bargained for on a visit to North Carolina, where they encounter baffling events on the beaches of the Outer Banks.
A mysterious old sea captain. . .
Odd lights hovering over the water at night. . .
Tales of a ghost ship. . .
Resident weird kid, Drake Wright. . .
Is a strange creature lurking in the ocean depths? Who—or what—is making those peculiar tracks in the sand? The Camp Club Girls are ready to investigate!”
Series: Book #8 in the “Camp Club Girls” series. Reviews of #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, and #7.
Spiritual Content- Scriptures are quoted & talked about; A Blessing over food; Talks about God, the Holy Ghost, & creation; ‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Mentions of God & the Holy Ghost; Mentions of Bibles and those & events in the Bible; A few mentions of prayers & praying; A few mentions of Christians; A couple mentions of churches, a pastor, & a sermon; A couple mentions of Heaven; A mention of praising God;
*Note: Many mentions of ghosts & folklore.
Negative Content- Mentions of famous pirates, shipwrecks, & missing crews; Mentions of bones/skeletons, deaths/bodies, & a graveyard (mainly all teasing); Mentions of possibly killings and/or mutinies (not-detailed); A couple mentions of wars; A couple mentions of (assuming about) kidnappings; A couple mentions of nightmares;
*Note: Many mentions of UFOs & aliens (Bailey thinks she keeps seeing a UFO and her imagination runs away with her while Sydney doesn’t think they are real); Mentions of Bigfoot; A couple mentions of headless horsemen from a book; A couple mentions of a movie.
Sexual Content- Mentions of a cute boy; A few mentions of blushes.
-Sydney Lincoln, age 13
P.O.V. of Sydney
157 pages
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Pre Teens- Four Stars
New Teens- Three Stars
Early High School Teens- Three Stars
Older High School Teens- Three Stars
My personal Rating- Three Stars
While not my favorite book in this series, it still was a fun read that was different and unique. :)
Link to review:
https://booksforchristiangirls.blogsp...
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
September 22, 2021
Interesting installment of the series. I really liked the location of the Outer Banks and the character of Captain Swain. The mystery was interesting although Bailey's obsession with UFO's being the answer to the mystery kind of drove me nuts. It also irritated me that Bailey insists on calling Elizabeth "BettyBoo" even though Elizabeth hates it. Bailey does this in at least one other book of the series and it just seems so disrespectful to continue to call a friend a name she hates, even after the other girls remind Bailey that Elizabeth doesn't like that nickname. That really just rubs me wrong. The end was interesting and made for a fun 'reveal." Good read.
April 30, 2024
Number of pages: 93
Genre: Children’s fiction
Series: Camp Club Girls #8
Age recommendation: 9-11+
Summary: Sydney and Bailey are in North Carolina visiting Sydney’s grandparents. After a few sudden absences of the sea captain, strange lights on the water at night, and mysterious footprints in the sand, the girls are getting worried. Are aliens and ghosts really real? Join the Camp Club girls for another exciting mystery!
My thoughts: The “UFOs don’t exist” stuff really started getting on my nerves. They thought that UFOs could only be alien saucers from outer space. It just means “Unidentified Flying Object”. So, it could be a bird or a plane or just about anything that flies so long as you don’t know what it is! Bailey was right and it was a UFO. Anyway, that’s not really important, it just annoyed me.
Another thing I didn’t like was that they prayed to the Holy Spirit and said He was “a part” of God. I find it strange to pray to the Holy Spirit as He is actually the One who helps us to pray to the Father (see Romans 8:26 and John 16:23). And with the Trinity, God isn’t part Father, part Son, and part Holy Spirit. He’s three persons, but one being. The Father, the Son and the Spirit are all fully God.
I thought the actual plot was pretty well done, even though Bailey’s theories got on my nerves. It was interesting, and it wasn’t something I could have figured out on my own without finishing the book.
Overall, it’s not my favourite book in the series, but it was still pretty good.
My personal rating: 3/5 stars.
Link to blog: https://karinaschristianreads.wordpre...
Genre: Children’s fiction
Series: Camp Club Girls #8
Age recommendation: 9-11+
Summary: Sydney and Bailey are in North Carolina visiting Sydney’s grandparents. After a few sudden absences of the sea captain, strange lights on the water at night, and mysterious footprints in the sand, the girls are getting worried. Are aliens and ghosts really real? Join the Camp Club girls for another exciting mystery!
My thoughts: The “UFOs don’t exist” stuff really started getting on my nerves. They thought that UFOs could only be alien saucers from outer space. It just means “Unidentified Flying Object”. So, it could be a bird or a plane or just about anything that flies so long as you don’t know what it is! Bailey was right and it was a UFO. Anyway, that’s not really important, it just annoyed me.
Another thing I didn’t like was that they prayed to the Holy Spirit and said He was “a part” of God. I find it strange to pray to the Holy Spirit as He is actually the One who helps us to pray to the Father (see Romans 8:26 and John 16:23). And with the Trinity, God isn’t part Father, part Son, and part Holy Spirit. He’s three persons, but one being. The Father, the Son and the Spirit are all fully God.
I thought the actual plot was pretty well done, even though Bailey’s theories got on my nerves. It was interesting, and it wasn’t something I could have figured out on my own without finishing the book.
Overall, it’s not my favourite book in the series, but it was still pretty good.
My personal rating: 3/5 stars.
Link to blog: https://karinaschristianreads.wordpre...
December 26, 2019
This story was really different: while all of the other stories are pretty realistic and the girls are pretty solid in their faith and mature, in this one, Bailey got really spooked by aliens and UFOs, which kinda ruined the story for me. Although they were always reminded of God, they believed in UFOs pretty much all the way up until the end, which was kinda obnoxious. However, the rest of the story was good enough that I'll still rate it 3/5.
December 19, 2016
In this 8th volume in the Camp Club Girls series, Bailey visits Sydney at her grandmother's house in North Carolina's Outer Banks. Almost immediately, the girls begin to see strange lights over the beach at night, and they discover footprints in the sand. Bailey, the youngest and most naive Camp Club Girl, suspects that these weird happenings are the work of space aliens, and her concerns about the supernatural are only intensified when they encounter the mysterious Captain Swain, who seems to appear and disappear at will.
Sydney is more level-headed, however, and she encourages Bailey to keep looking for the logical explanation underneath every seemingly odd occurrence. With the help of the rest of the Camp Club Girls scattered around the country, Sydney and Bailey eventually do just that, uncovering a significant secret from a shy member of their local community.
In terms of plot, this book didn't feel as strong as the first two that I reviewed. While the speculation about aliens and ghosts was interesting, the reality revealed at the end of the mystery was a let-down in comparison. I'm also just not crazy about Bailey as a character. I think a lot of her behavior is meant to convey her immaturity as the youngest member of the group, but she really annoyed me in this book, especially when she continually referred to Elizabeth as Betty Boo, despite the fact that everyone else knows she hates it.
One thing I did really like was the fact that this time, the religious elements of the story came from an outside force, not just from the girls and their families. Captain Swain continually quoted Bible passages as words of encouragement for the people around him, and he did so without being preachy or obnoxious. I haven't read many books written expressly for Christian kids, but I like that these books simply present the Christian themes as part of the world the characters live in, without making those themes central to the story. The book sets a good Christian example, but that good example is embedded in a realistic and engaging story.
Sydney is more level-headed, however, and she encourages Bailey to keep looking for the logical explanation underneath every seemingly odd occurrence. With the help of the rest of the Camp Club Girls scattered around the country, Sydney and Bailey eventually do just that, uncovering a significant secret from a shy member of their local community.
In terms of plot, this book didn't feel as strong as the first two that I reviewed. While the speculation about aliens and ghosts was interesting, the reality revealed at the end of the mystery was a let-down in comparison. I'm also just not crazy about Bailey as a character. I think a lot of her behavior is meant to convey her immaturity as the youngest member of the group, but she really annoyed me in this book, especially when she continually referred to Elizabeth as Betty Boo, despite the fact that everyone else knows she hates it.
One thing I did really like was the fact that this time, the religious elements of the story came from an outside force, not just from the girls and their families. Captain Swain continually quoted Bible passages as words of encouragement for the people around him, and he did so without being preachy or obnoxious. I haven't read many books written expressly for Christian kids, but I like that these books simply present the Christian themes as part of the world the characters live in, without making those themes central to the story. The book sets a good Christian example, but that good example is embedded in a realistic and engaging story.
December 4, 2015
liked the lighthouse adventure
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