Srta. Campista

Gr 5-10–Comics artist Suyapa Yisel Gutierrez, aka Sue, is getting ready for a two-week sleepaway camp experience at El Sauce. In this Spanish-language follow up to Señorita Quinces, Fajardo focuses on Sue’s place in the world as a middle child and how she navigates between friendships and family responsibilities at a time when she wants to spread her wings. Archery and live-action role-playing intertwine as Sue and BFF Sam plot out their cabin’s “main event” performance to earn a pajama night before their vacation time together winds down. Will Sue and her best male friend Izzy become a couple? Will younger sister Ester make new friends? Berriz’s translation of Miss Camper captures how Fajardo’s campers become team players—with some setbacks—as they get closer to nature and to one another. Howl away with the Lobos cabin mates as they juggle new routines, learn to identify the natural world, and support one another during their adolescent growing pains. Readers are given glimpses at parents’ trajectories as they, likewise, are traversing new territory just like their teens. The creator’s notes and photos link her life to her characters’ journey into adulthood, providing more insights for readers to connect with this rollicking campers’ tale. Sue is Honduran and uses she/they pronouns.