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Fresh mountain air, loyal friends, and something unexplained: summer camp holds more than a holiday for the Motor Maids.
In Katherine Stokes’s The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp, a group of lively girls carries its love of adventure into the mountains. These friends enjoy motor cars, the open road, and one another’s company. Now a summer camp gives them a new setting for outdoor days and a mystery to follow.
Friendship sits at the heart of this children’s adventure. The girls’ loyalty shapes what they do, while curiosity draws them toward a puzzle beyond their usual camp routine. The pleasures of mountain life share the page with the excitement of discovery, in a story where freedom for girls still feels like something worth celebrating.
What you’ll discover
- A mountain summer Step away from familiar surroundings into fresh air, outdoor days, and the pleasures of camp.
- Friends who stay close Meet girls whose loyalty to one another gives their adventures a warm, steady heart.
- A puzzle to follow Let something unexplained stir your curiosity alongside the friends at Sunrise Camp.
- Freedom on the horizon Share the spirit of girls who love motor cars, open roads, and adventures together.
- An old-fashioned welcome Enjoy a gentle story that makes room for companionship as well as mystery.
Who will love it
Readers who love summer adventures, close friendships, gentle humor and a mystery set among forests and lakes, and anyone who enjoys a story about girls with a motor car and a taste for open roads.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A reluctant cousin joins the camp
- A walk across Table Top goes wrong
- A knife on the porch and a doctor
- Mock duck, a maid and a mountain picnic
- A missing father and a night attack
- Faith, kindness and what gives strength
Who’s who
- Billie CampbellThe eighteen-year-old driver of the Comet, warm, quick to act, and eager to help others, who leads her friends and loves her father dearly.
- Miss Helen CampbellBillie's sixty-year-old cousin, dainty and fussy, who dreads camping but proves brave and kind when it counts.
- PhoebeA mountain girl who has never been to school, wise from a few books and a deep faith, and anxious to find her missing father.
- Dr. HumeA skilled surgeon on a walking trip who takes an interest in Phoebe's father and agrees to try to restore his lost memory.
- Nancy BrownBillie's fashion-loving friend, who longs to look smart in the mountains and often learns the hard way.
- Richard HookA humorous young traveler who tours the roads in a horse-drawn van with his sister and hopes to settle on a farm.
- Alberdina SchoenbachlerThe cheerful Swiss-German maid who hates hard work, yet finds a streak of courage when the camp is attacked.
- Mrs. LupoThe silent camp cook with a violent temper, jealous of Phoebe, who must learn to master her anger.
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Die Motor-Mädchen im Sonnenaufgangslager
by Katherine Stokes · 1914
Four friends, a blue car and a silent cook meet a bog, a missing father and an angry mob in the Adirondacks.
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What happens when four tired girls trade their books for a log camp in the mountains? In The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp, Katherine Stokes sends Billie Campbell, her friends and their blue car, the Comet, to the Adirondacks for a summer of rest.
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A reluctant cousin joins the camp
The story opens in West Haven, where Billie must win over her cousin, Miss Helen Campbell. This dainty lady pictures camping as tents and tin cups. Billie describes a log house with screened porches, clear mountain water and a sunrise over the far range. Her father has rented it because the girls look pale after a year of study. Miss Campbell gives in.
Nancy Brown dreams of a fancy Alpine outfit with a pheasant feather in the hat. Her friends tease her kindly. These first scenes show who each girl is before the mountains put them to the test.
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What is The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp about?
Four friends from West Haven spend a summer at a log camp in the Adirondacks. They get lost in a bog, meet a mountain girl named Phoebe, and try to help find her missing father while a hostile village turns against them.
Who are the Motor Maids?
They are Billie Campbell, Nancy Brown, Mary Price and Elinor Butler, four girls from West Haven. Billie's blue car, the Comet, carries them on trips, and this is one of a series of books about them.
Do I need to read the earlier Motor Maids books first?
The story stands on its own. The narrator recalls earlier adventures in Japan, Florida and the West briefly, so a new reader can follow every scene and enjoy it without having read the first book.
The author
Katherine Stokes
Children's fiction pseudonym
Katherine Stokes wrote the Motor Maids books for young readers, a series that begins with The Motor Maids' School Days and follows Billie Campbell, her red car and her friends from West Haven. This volume shows a writer fond of comic scenes, outdoor life and warm friendships among girls. It reflects an age of hobble skirts, early motor cars and summer camps.
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