title: Claire's Cursed Camping Trip (Summer Camp)
author:  Wendy L Brandes 
description: <span>TigerBeat - Julia Lee"If you're in dire need of a new book series, look no further! Wendy Brandes' 'Summer Camp Series' is going to be your new obsession. . . .exciting, yet relatable books about different summer camp experiences at Camp Mon Mon Lake!" - TigerBeat</span><br /><span>October 21, 2016</span>
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  **CHAPTER ONE**
  
  
  **Parents had some kind of sin radar, Claire thought. They always called when
  you were in the middle of something you just knew they'd consider wrong. Or at
  least risky.**
  
  
  **Claire Danvers slid off of her boyfriend Shane's lap with a regretful sigh,
  licked her damp, tingling lips, and went to answer the ringing phone in the
  kitchen. Michael was just getting up from the table to grab it, but Claire
  waved him off. She just knew it would be her mother.**
  
  
  **She was right.**
  
  
  **"Claire! Oh my goodness, I've been worried sick, honey. We've been trying to
  call you on your cell for days, and -- "**
  
  
  **Crap. Claire rubbed her forehead in frustration. "Mom, I wrote you guys an
  email, remember? My cell got lost, I'm still working on getting another one."
  Best not to mention how it had gotten lost. Best not to mention anything about
  how dangerous her life had gotten since she'd moved to Morgan