Children's Books (ages 8-12) • Novels

Çantasızlar Kampı
No-bags Camp

Behçet Çelik

Editor: Müren Beykan

We find shelter in our games…

In his first children’s novel, beloved author Behçet Çelik is telling the story of friendship, solidarity and communication between generations, with his strong yet simple style. With the help of this amusing story of a summer camp taking place in a family environment, he is making new and creative proposals to the adults as well.

Overview

Five friends, five free children of summer holidays, do not have to carry their heavy school bags anymore! For a while, the houses in the gardens of which they used to play games, are being demolished for building bigger ones. Fortunately finding a small greenwood area among the high buildings surrounding their city, they decide to have a summer camp. However life in this new camping neighbourhood is not like in the other rapidly “developing” parts of the city. They would soon have mission to be accomplished, but how?

AUTHOR

Behçet Çelik

He was born in Adana in 1968. He graduated from İstanbul University Faculty of Law in 1990. At the age of nineteen, his first short story was published in Varlık magazine (1987), and his stories, essays, and translations have since appeared in various newspapers and literary magazines such as Notos. He received the 1989 Akademi Kitabevi Short Story Achievement Award. His short story collections include İki Deli Derviş (1992), Yazyalnızı (1996), Herkes Kadar (2002), Düğün Birahanesi (2004), and Gün Ortasında […]
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