And I adore how it all comes together in the end. I love the magical realism of this perfect summer tale. Why I recommend it: I've been a fan of author Lisa Graff since Umbrella Summer and it's been awe-inspiring to watch her talent grow over the years. With a camp full of kids, a lake full of magic, and a grown-up full of a secrets, 'A Clatter of Jars' is a story of summer, family, and the lengths we go to win back the people we love. Dozens of seemingly empty jars have been washing up on the shoreline, Talents have been swapped, and memories have been ripped from one camper's head and placed into another. Meanwhile, a Talent jar that has been dropped to the bottom of the lake has sprung a leak, and strange things have begun to happen. But what the kids don't know is that they've been gathered for a reason, one that the camp's director wants to keep hidden at all costs.

For Talented kids, the place to be is Camp Atropos, where they can sing songs by the campfire, practice for the Talent show, and take some nice long dips in the lake. Synopsis (from Indiebound): In this magical companion to the National Book Award nominee A Tangle of Knots, it's summertime and everyone is heading off to camp. A Clatter of Jars by Lisa Graff (May 2016, Philomel, 224 pages, for ages 8 to 12)

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