Firefly Summer

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In a nutshell, I would have liked a lot more depth. Even the ending, where a child catching a jar of fireflies is the catalyst for the sisters to begin talking about their brother, and a near tragedy causes Bridie to stop drinking - it all happens instantly! There's no stumbling, no bumps in the road, everything is suddenly perfect. The Firefly Summer is a summery, fun middle grade that follows Ryanna as she is invited to spend the summer at her maternal grandparents' summer camp, Camp Van Camp (what a great name). Ryanna's mom died when she was little, and her dad never talks about that side of the family, so she decides to go to the camp in the hopes of learning more about her mom. When she gets there, she finds a massive family full of aunts, uncles, and cousins waiting for her, as well as a mystery and treasure hunt from her mom to solve. Sleepaway Camps: As Ryanna joins her mother’s family for their final summer at Camp Van Camp, she learns more about what life can be like at sleepaway camps. Begin by asking readers if any of them have been to a sleepaway camp, and if so, were any of their experiences like those in the novel? Next, have readers research the summer sleepaway camps in their area to discover the following:

By the novel’s conclusion, what do you think are the most important ways Ryanna’s life has been changed? What about the lives of her family members? Predict how things will be different for her moving forward. As The Firefly Summer opens, readers are introduced to Ryanna as she enters the room and declares, “I could tell something was wrong the second I came downstairs.” (Chapter one) In what ways is Ryanna’s ability to read her father’s behaviors indicative of her understanding that something unusual is happening? Based on what her dad shares, predict how this new plan for her summer might shake things up for her family and specifically for her.

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Ryanna learns that just like her, her mother was a fan of mystery novels. How does finding out about this shared interest with her mom make her feel? As the story progresses, what are some of the other ways she learns she’s similar to her mom? It would mean upending all my summer plans—but the same thing had happened to Terry in The Hound of the Baskin-Robbins. She was supposed to go to Maine but then got pulled into a mystery about stolen ice cream scoopers. You always had to answer the call. And this was mine. How does the Icee incident between Ryanna and her cousins Diya and Max at the PocoMart set the stage for how the summer might unfold? From your reading observations, how does Ryanna’s ultimate willingness to participate in the family’s camp initiation help turn things around? The writing style was great, I can find no fault. My issue was really with the characters. With the age of the four sisters, I found it difficult to believe that they all of a sudden were coming to terms with the death of their brother. There was no real turning point in the story that would have brought theses sisters to this point in their grieving process, particularly after over 50 years. It felt kind of random to me. Not to mention that most of the characters were not really likeable, or if they were, they were just boring. Ryanna's mother died when she was just three years old, so the maternal side of her family has always been a mystery as they are estranged. But one day she gets an invitation from her maternal grandparents to come spend the summer at their house in the Poconos. Ryanna agrees as she is curious about her extended family and also she hopes to learn more about her mother. What she thought was going to be a quiet lakeside summer with her grandparents turned out to be so much more. It's not just her grandparents who are there; there are aunts, uncles, and cousins staying at what was once a bustling summer camp that her grandparents operated. Camp Van Camp, an idyllic getaway in the Poconos, is no longer in operation, but is in crisis. Nonetheless, Ryanna's days are filled with all the summer fun you would expect lakeside, hanging out with her cousins, treasure maps, her mom's old books, and more. One old treasure map might hold the key to keeping Camp Van Camp. Morgan Matson's middle-grade debut, The Firefly Summer, is an absolute delight of a summer novel.

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