Best friends Felix and Harry always look forward to activities at Camp Horizon, which include swimming and diving in Lake Omigosh. One night, the camp\u2019s counselor gathers the boys and girls around the fire to tell them that the lake\u2019s name refers to sightings of a giant, turtle-like creature there. (The narration reassures young readers, however, that \u201cno one had ever been hurt by the creature\u2014maybe just scared here and there.\u201d) Before long, Felix and Harry are plunged into a dangerous situation: Ignoring camp regulations, they take a rowboat out on the lake, forgetting their life preservers and paying no attention to gathering clouds. A storm breaks, the waves get choppy, and \u201call at once, the boat broke apart and the boys tumbled into the water!\u201d Although Sollers relays the tale with a convincing sense of crisis, a certain creature\u2019s benign intervention quickly resolves the pair\u2019s predicament, which hardly comes as a surprise. However, Janky\u2019s full-page watercolor illustrations, depicting nature and diverse human characters with idiosyncratic expressions and proportions, complement the overall liveliness of the narrative.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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