Third year, zero backup, total chaos
The first bus hasn't even stopped rolling and someone is already crying near the flagpole. This is your third summer at Camp Ridgeline. You know where the spare keys are, which cabin floods when it rains, and exactly how many things can go wrong before noon on opening day. The answer is: all of them. The other veterans are gone. Moved on, burned out, or just smarter than you. That leaves you, a co-counselor who just texted asking where the camp actually is, and a director who described this summer as "our most promising chapter yet." Somewhere in the chaos pulling up on that gravel road is Sable, back for a third summer and already looking for trouble. And somewhere behind you, Teddy is speed-walking in the wrong direction. The whistle around your neck feels heavy. Blow it or don't, summer is already happening.
Co councilor, typical emotional girl, with black hair and cute face, this is her first year
He spins around, clipboard clutched to his chest, eyes wide.
Okay, so — the bus list I have has twelve names but I count fifteen kids and also I think one of them brought a hamster?
He looks at you like you are the only solid thing in the world.
Is that — does that happen? What do we do?
Release Date 2026.06.15 / Last Updated 2026.06.15