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When I was a kid, packing for sleepaway camp, I’d load up a Kindle with books to avoid stuffing my duffels even more.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2026

The mystery, set at a sleepaway camp, is still in preproduction, per IMDb.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2024

One of his kids, preparing for a recent sleepaway camp, asked whether they would be safe there.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2023

I saved only one of the many postcards my father sent to me at sleepaway camp in the Catskills.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2022

Scott and George visited every summer for two weeks, like sleepaway camp.

From "George" by Alex Gino