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English
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Josie and her husband have split up, she's been sued by a former patient and lost her dental practice, and she's grieving the death of a young man senselessly killed. When her ex asks to take the children to meet his new fiancée's family, Josie makes a run for it, figuring Alaska is about as far as she can get without a passport. Josie and her kids, Paul and Ana, rent a rattling old RV named the Chateau, and at first their trip feels like a vacation:...
62) After the snow
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Willo Blake, born after the 2059 snows that ushered in a new ice age, encounters outlaws, halfmen, and an abandoned girl as he journeys in search of his family, who mysteriously disappeared from the freezing mountain that was their home.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
Lu Wonder, a bright, curious girl who hopes to be a scientist, sets out from her Kansas home in 1855 with her best friend Eustace, a slave, on a journey to Antarctica to protect a mysterious artifact and hide it from the man responsible for her father's death.
64) The apprentices
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Two years after parting, Benjamin and Janie reunite via magical communication to prevent a global catastrophe.
Author
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Grace likes having a plan but she must find a way to be flexible and open to new ideas. When she goes to Paris with her mother, she has trouble getting along with her cousin. While at home, her friends start the business she proposed without her.
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Series
Vango volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Fleeing dark forces and unfounded accusations across Europe in the years between World Wars, a young man named Vango has been in danger for as long as he can remember. He has spent his life running along rooftops, fleeing to isolated islands, and evading capture across Russia, Paris, New York, and Italy. In the shadow of a rapidly changing world, can Vango find those who have hunted him for so long and uncover his true identity?
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Nix has sailed across the globe and through centuries aboard her time-traveling father's ship. But when he gambles with her very existence, it all may be about to end. Nix's father uncovered the one map he's always sought--1868 Honolulu, before Nix's mother died in childbirth. Nix's life, her entire existence, is at stake. No one knows what will happen if her father changes the past, it could erase Nix's future, her dreams, her adventures.--...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Armed with her mother's guitar, a knapsack of cherished mementos, and a pair of magical boots, Blue journeys west in search of her sister Cass, but when the devil she met at the town's crossroads changes the terms of their deal, Blue must reevaluate her understanding of good and evil.
69) Huntress
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Language
English
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Description
Seventeen-year-olds Kaede and Taisin are called to go on a dangerous and unprecedented journey to Tanlili, the city of the Fairy Queen, in an effort to restore the balance of nature in the human world.
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The seven unicorns of Rainbow Valley have become a worldwide sensation. Due to popular demand, they are off on tour to meet their superfans... So where are the unicorns now? Seek them out in every scene--from the bright lights of Broadway to the excitement of Rio Carnival. There are 17 amazing destinations to explore."--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Series
Southern Reach trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Area X has claimed the lives of members of eleven expeditions. The twelfth expedition consisting of four women hopes to map the terrain and collect specimens, to record all their observations and, above all, to avoid being contaminated by Area X itself.
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Series
Highland spies volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Ever since Lady Grace Walsingham discovered her uncle and sister are spies for the Crown, she has yearned for adventure. She's counting the days until she can leave barbaric Scotland behind, even if she must endure Highland captain Fagan Murray's company for weeks. Fagan has a simple mission: escort the haughty Lady Grace back to England. But nothing is ever easy. The sharp-tongued woman needles him at every turn. But when a menacing threat follows...
73) Less is lost
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Series
Less volume Book 2
Language
English
Description
Arthur Less, after the death of an old lover and a sudden financial crisis, sets out on a literary adventure across the United States, during which he must finally face his personal demons.
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Language
English
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When lonely, ten-year-old Hal learns that his wealthy but neglectful parents only rented Fleck, the dog he always wanted, he and new friend Pippa take Fleck and four other dogs from the rental agency on a trek from London to Scotland, where Hal's grandparents live.
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Series
Walk volume 4
Language
English
Description
Following the "New York Times" bestseller "The Road to Grace," Richard Paul Evans's hero Alan Christoffersen faces a life-changing crisis on his journey to grace, in the fourth installment of The Walk series.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A collection of fourteen original teen paranormal short stories from some of today's bestselling YA talent, united with the common theme of road trips, and edited by bestselling authors Melissa Marr and Kelley Armstrong. Contributors include: Melissa Marr, Kelley Armstrong, Claudia Gray, Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl, Rachel Caine, Carrie Ryan, Jessica Verday, Rachel Vincent, Jennifer Lynn Barnes and more.
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Series
Leven Thumps volume 4
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Language
English
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Description
As Leven, Geth, and Winter continue their quest to save Foo from the invading armies of rants, a new threat arrives, the Dearth.
80) Emily's fortune
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Language
English
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Description
While traveling to her aunt's home in Redbud by train and stagecoach, quiet young Emily and her turtle, Rufus, team up with Jackson, fellow orphan and troublemaker extraordinaire, to outsmart mean Uncle Victor, who is after Emily's inheritance.