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Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
x, 405 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Love is in the salty sea air in this smart and steamy ensemble romantic comedy set in a tropical paradise. This is one island you won't want to be rescued from.
The Kellys are messy, loud, loving Australians. The Lees are sophisticated, aloof, buttoned-up Americans. They have nothing in common... except for the fact that their daughters are married. When a nearby volcano erupts during their short vacation to a remote tropical island off the coast...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When bad weather cancels the family trip to Laos, where their mother's cousin is getting married, twins Astrid and Apollo try to cheer up their parents by surprising their parents with a Laos-themed stay-at-home vacation"--
Author
Series
Sunset Beach novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Macy Dillon was five years old her father encouraged her to draw a picture in the guestbook of a Carolina beach house. The next year, Macy returned to discover a drawing by an unidentified little boy on the facing page. Over the next eleven years the children continue to exchange drawings..until tragedy ends visits to the beach house altogether. During her final trip to Sunset, Macy asks her anonymous friend to draw her one last picture and...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Publisher Annotation: For fans of Donna Barba Higuera's Lupe Wong Won't Dance and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within, comes Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice -- a contemporary middle grade novel full of spunk and activist heart. Manuela “Mani” Semilla wants two things: To get her period, and to thwart her mom's plan of taking her to Guatemala, a place that has always been more of a mystery than an answer. Mani can’t imagine leaving behind Las...
Author
Language
English
Description
Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century. It's 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing. Every year the children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmother's historic home in downtown Nantucket. But like so much else in America, nothing is the same: Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel. Middle sister Kirby, caught up in the thrilling...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
224 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"[This novel] follows a group of children and their families on summer vacation at a lakeside mansion. The teenage narrator Eve and the other children are contemptuous of their parents, who spend the days and nights in drunken stupor. This tension heightens when a great storm arrives and throws the house and its residents into chaos. Named for a picture Bible given to Eve's little brother Jack, A Children's Bible is loosely structured around events...
9) The island
Author
Language
English
Description
-- New York Times -- SOON TO BE A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES “Gripping and unpredictable. No one does high-stakes tension like McKinty . . . Prepare to be hooked.” —Sarah Pearse “A haunting masterpiece.” — “McKinty has written another irresistible and pulse-pounding thriller about the surprising places evil hides and just how far we’ll go for those we love.” —Karin Slaughter
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gordon Korman meets The Great Outdoors in this funny and moving debut about a boy who goes on a disastrous family vacation (sweltering heat! bear chases!) that ends with a terrible surprise: his dad's new girlfriend.
There are zero reasons for Theo Ripley to look forward to his family vacation. Not only are he, sister Laura, and nature-obsessed Dad going to Big Bend, the least popular National Park, but once there, the family will be camping. And...
12) Room to dream
Author
Series
Front desk volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Publisher Annotation: Mia Tang is going for her dreams! After years of hard work, Mia Tang finally gets to go on vacation with her family -- to China! A total dream come true! Mia can't wait to see all her cousins and grandparents again, especially her cousin Shen. As she roams around Beijing, witnessing some of the big changes China's going through, Mia thinks about the changes in her own life, like . . . 1. Lupe's taking classes at the high school!...
13) Any other family
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of The Weird Sisters returns with a striking and intimate new novel about three very different adoptive mothers who face the impossible question: What makes a family? Though they look like any other family, they aren't one--not quite. They are three sets of parents who find themselves intertwined after adopting four biological siblings, having committed to keeping the children as connected as possible. At the...
15) The power couple
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When their college-aged daughter is abducted on a European family vacation, Brian and Rebecca Unsworth--both U.S. intelligence staffers--race to find the kidnappers and keep their fragile marriage intact"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Meg's grandfather has been booked to give lectures on a cruise as part of the education/entertainment itinerary, and he's arranged for a passel of family members to join him. The passengers' vacation quickly becomes a nightmare when they wake up to find themselves broken down and in need of repairs. Things get even worse when a crew member announces to all that a woman has jumped overboard, leaving behind her shoes, shawl, and a note. The note reveals...
17) I am behind you
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
405 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's a seemingly beautiful day when four families wake up one morning in their trailer on an ordinary campsite. However, during the night something strange has happened. Everything outside the camping grounds has disappeared, and the world has been transformed into an endless expanse of grass. The sky is blue, but there is no sign of the sun; there are no trees, no flowers, no birds. And every radio plays nothing but the songs of sixties pop icon...
Author
Publisher
Clever Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged); chiefly color illustrations, 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Little Elephant is so excited to take a trip with Mommy to the ocean. And he knows that he s a big kid, so he wants to get everything ready all by himself! Mommy offers to help pack his clothes, but Little Elephant insists on doing it alone and ends up choosing only toys and a coloring book. On the beach, Mommy tells him to put on sunscreen, but he says he doesn t need it and he gets a bad sunburn. Will Little Elephant finally learn that it s okay...
Author
Series
Pug who wanted to be volume 4
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
148 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Peggy the pug is going on vacation to the seaside! Her special friend Chloe is excited, too, and hopes that she'll see a mermaid. But even though Chloe and Peggy search the beach, they can't find a mermaid anywhere. Not wanting her friend to be disappointed, Peggy decides that she'll just have to become a mermaid herself! But that means that she's going to have to learn how to doggy paddle... Pug who wanted to be series, 160pp....
Author
Series
Publisher
Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
Español
Description
It's Spring Break! During Carnival, Ana & Andrew travel to visit their family on the island of Trinidad. They love watching the parade and dancing to the music. This year, they learn how their ancestors helped create the holiday!
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