Mystery at Camp Piney Woods

By Renee Filippucci-Kotz

Ten-year-old AJ is going to summer camp for the first time, and it is her first overnight trip by herself. She can’t wait to learn how to ride a horse, paddle a canoe and make gifts for her parents.

While she is packing, her cousin calls and tells AJ there are weird things happening at camp. Lights and strange sounds are scaring the campers. There is a rumor a ghost may be in the Piney Woods around the camp. AJ doesn’t believe in ghosts and decides to find out what is really in the woods. She knows her best friends, Su Li and Cory, will help her investigate.

What will they find in the woods? Is there a ghost or something else lurking there? Follow AJ, Su Li and Cory they as investigate this mystery.

Mystery at Camp Piney Woods, is the third book in author Renée Filippucci-Kotz’s Amelia Jae series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Archway Publishing
• Release date: Nov 27, 2019
• ISBN: 9781480885080

Renee Filippucci-Kotz

Renée Filippucci-Kotz was born in New York and grew up in Kentucky. Renée developed a passion for books and animals as a child. Going to the library with her parents and brother was a favorite pastime. Growing up her family had gold fish, dogs, turtles, a rabbit, and cats. She became interested in writing for children while working with foster children. Renée is a long-time volunteer at her local animal shelter. When not writing, she enjoys reading, gardening and spending time with her husband and pets. Ms. Filippucci-Kotz lives in North Carolina.

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ISBN: 978-1-4808-8507-3 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2019918643

Archway Publishing rev. date: 11/25/2019

Contents

Getting Ready for Camp

Sounds in the Woods

Making Plans

Into the Woods

Solving the Mystery

Setting the Trap

Springing the Trap

About the Author

Chapter 1

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Getting Ready for Camp

It was summer vacation. Ten-year-old Amelia Jae—called AJ by everyone except her mom—skipped around her room and hummed to herself while she picked out her clothes for camp. This would be her first time at camp and her first overnight trip without her parents. She folded her clothes carefully, just like she had seen her mother do many times. Each time she placed an item in the suitcase her grandmother had given her, she checked it off her list of things to bring.

Okay, Pepper. Looks like I’m almost done. I’ve got two pairs of shoes, five pairs of shorts, five T-shirts, a swimsuit, flip-flops, pj’s, and slippers, said AJ to her black cat, who was sitting on the floor.

While she looked down the list to see what else she needed, she watched Pepper out of the corner of her eye.

Meow, said Pepper, who jumped on the bed and walked over to the suitcase. She sniffed it, meowed again, stepped in, and curled up on the clothes.

AJ laughed at the sight of Pepper in her suitcase. She lifted her out and set her on the floor. Now just look at your long black fur on my clothes. What am I going to do with you? You’re always getting into things. If you’re not jumping in my suitcase, you’re crawling into grocery bags or getting yourself stuck in the pantry. I bet your snooping is how you got the little scar on your nose before we adopted you. You’re such a silly kitty. You need to stay out of my suitcase. I’m going to camp, and you can’t come. Camp’s not for kitties. I’ll tell you all about it when I get home.

Pepper tilted her head to the side and looked at AJ with her gold eyes. Then she jumped back on the foot of AJ’s bed and watched.

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There, all done, AJ