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41) Family vacations
Series
Publisher
HighBridge
Pub. Date
p2010
Language
English
Description
The National Public Radio archive presents a real-life collection of family vacation stories that whisk listeners away to distant and unusual lands
43) Lawn to lawn
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When their family moves away and leaves them behind, a group of lawn ornaments sets out on a dangerous trek across the country to try to find them
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
"In Wanderlust: A History of Walking, Rebecca Solnit draws together many histories -- of anatomical evolution and city design, of treadmills and labyrinths, of walking clubs and sexual mores -- to create a portrait of the range of possibilities for this most basic act. Arguing that walking as history signifies walking for pleasure and for political, aesthetic, and social meaning, Solnit hones in on the walkers whose everyday and extreme acts have...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Book Services
Pub. Date
©1968
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Meet the Littles,a family like any other but with a few tiny differences! They live in the walls of the Bigg family house where they get everything they need. In return they make sure the Bigg house is always in good repair. Lucy and Tom Little are bored. And when Lucy starts getting into trouble,the Littles realize they have to do something to keep the kids entertained. A gathering of tiny families is planned and the Littles set out for the meeting...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When Sebastian launches himself on a journey in a hot air balloon made entirely of Grandma's afghans and patchwork quilts, his boring day turns into the adventure of a lifetime"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The Good Dinosaur is a humorous and exciting original story about Arlo, a lively Apatosaurus with a big heart. After a traumatic event unsettles Arlo's family, he sets out on a remarkable journey, gaining an unlikely companion along the way---a human boy
Author
Series
Copernicus legacy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
As Wade, Darrell, Lily, and Becca continue their search for an ancient relic, Wade's mother is kidnapped by Galina Krause, leader of the present-day Teutonic Knights
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"An anthology of short, intimate second-person essays by a diverse range of writers, each honoring a fleeting encounter with a stranger met while traveling that left a profound and lasting impact; with a foreword by bestselling author Leslie Jamison"--
52) The rescue
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Even though Soren was kidnapped and taken to the St. Aegolius School for Orphaned Owls, he has longed to see his sister, Eglantine, again. Now Eglantine is back in Soren's life, but she's been through an ordeal too terrible for words. And Ezylryb, Soren's mentor, has disappeared ... In order to rescue him, Soren must embark upon a perilous quest."--Page 4 of cover
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Language
English
Formats
Description
This terrific book gives hope to everyone who desires the fun and freedom of dropping everything and hitting the road to foreign ports.--Jeri Sedlar, co-author of Don't Retire, REWIRE! The Sell-Your-House, See-the-World Life! Reunited after thirty-five years and wrestling a serious case of wanderlust, Lynne and Tim Martin decided to sell their house and possessions and live abroad full-time. They've never looked back. With just two suitcases, two...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this fantastical novel, the acclaimed author of Longbourn brings us the magical story of a young girl in search of her mother...who just might be a mermaid. Malin has always been different, and when her father dies, leaving her alone, her choice is clear: stay, and remain an outsider forever, or leave in search of the mythical inheritance she is certain awaits her. Apprenticed to a series of strange and wonderful characters, Malin embarks on a...
56) The quest begins
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Three young bears of different species--one black, one polar, and one grizzly--travel on a perilous quest to the Northern Lights, escorting a shape-shifting grizzly cub whose destiny will affect them all
59) Seasparrow
Author
Series
Graceling Realm volume 5
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
As Hava sails across the sea toward Monsea with the world's only copies of the formulas for the zilfium weapon, she makes an unexpected discovery about one of the ship's crew, but before she can unravel the mystery, storms drive their ship off course, wrecking them in the ice far north of the Royal Continent
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