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When Liv and Nora decide to take their families on a holiday cruise, everyone is thrilled. The ship's comforts and possibilities seem infinite. The children--two eleven-year-olds, an eight-year-old, and a six-year-old--love the nonstop buffet and the independence they have at the Kids' Club. But when they all go ashore in beautiful Central America, a series of minor misfortunes leads the families farther and farther from the ship's safety. One minute...
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For the Posts, a two-week trip to the Balearic island of Mallorca with their extended family and friends is a celebration: Franny and Jim are observing their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary, and their daughter, Sylvia, has graduated from high school. The sunlit island, its mountains and beaches, its tapas and tennis courts, also promise an escape from the tensions simmering at home in Manhattan. But all does not go according to plan: over the course...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"A compelling, eerie new novel from the internationally bestselling author of Let the Right One In. "Sweden's Stephen King." --The Washington Post "One of the hottest writers in the horror genre." --Mystery Scene "At the top of his game, Lindqvist gives Stephen King and John Saul at their best a run for the money." --Library Journal (starred) "Dubbed the Stephen King of Sweden, Lindqvist lives up to the billing." --New York Post Four families wake...
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Chicken Squad volume 4
Publisher
Atheneum Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"When the Chicken Squad goes on a family vacation to a farm, there is a looming dark shadow that is pestering Sugar"--
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English
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The set-up of Mark Haddon's brilliant new novel is simple: Richard, a wealthy doctor, invites his estranged sister Angela and her family to join his for a week at a vacation home in the English countryside. Richard has just re-married and inherited a willful stepdaughter in the process; Angela has a feckless husband and three children who sometimes seem alien to her. The stage is set for seven days of resentment and guilt, a staple of family gatherings...
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Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"FIELD TRIP is a parenting guide to raising a little world citizen with good taste. Written by Erin Austen Abbott (a writer, photographer, avid traveler, mom, and former on-the-road nanny), this book gives parents the tools and inspiration to turn the world into a giant field trip full of opportunities to appreciate artwork, architecture, music, and food. Featuring activities and games, these pages provide parents with easy ways to incorporate learning,...
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English
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"Summer's looking forward to a break when she, her husband Gabe, and Gabe's nine-year-old son arrive at the annual family get-together at her in-laws' sprawling Pennsylvania estate. On the agenda are leisurely gourmet meals, tennis matches, and plenty of relaxation by the pool. But this year, Gabe's brother Nick has invited his new flame Hannah, whom Summer immediately recognizes from an acting gig they both did a few years before. Oddly, Hannah claims...
9) I am brave
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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On a family vacation, a young girl shows bravery by trying new experiences, including surfing, horseback riding, and hiking.
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English
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Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter, and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home they've rented for the week. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. Ruth and G.H. are an older couple, it's their house, and they've arrived in a panic. They bring the news that a sudden blackout has swept the...
11) Camping
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Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Bluey goes camping with her family and makes a new friend named Jean-Luc! Despite the language barrier, they have fun planting fruit trees, hunting a wild pig, and more! But when vacation ends, Bluey wonders if she'll ever get to see her new friend again"--
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Publisher
Piccarona/Ediciones Obelisco
Pub. Date
2018.
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Español
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"Otro fantastico e inspirador libro de la autora de la serie Las Princesas hacen? Unete a nuestra princesa favorita y a su superamigo mientras exploran los parques nacionales y descubren una maravillosa y excitante aventura al aire libre."-- provided by publisher.
"This book highlights fun things to see and do in twelve popular national parks: Grand Canyon, Olympic, Glacier, Yellowstone, Great Smoky Mountains, Zion, Acadia, Rocky Mountain, Saguaro,...
14) Lake life
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
Description
"The Starling family is scattered across the country. Parents Richard and Lisa live in Ithaca, New York, and work at Cornell University. Their son Michael, a shoe salesman, resides with his elementary school teacher wife, Diane, in Dallas. His brother, Thad, an aspiring poet, makes his home in New York City with his famous painter boyfriend, Jake. But for years they've reunited for vacation each summer at their North Carolina lake house. Now that's...
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Series
Sunset Beach novels volume 1
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Twenty-one years after she began exchanging drawings with an unknown boy through the guestbook at a vacation home, Macy Dillon returns to Sunset Beach in search of the boy whose artwork moved her as a child.
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Series
Spirit hunters volume 2
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Harper Raine faces new challenges ahead when her parents take the whole family to a remote tropical island for vacation. As Harper starts to have visions of the resort's history of disappearances and discovers more about the island's dark and fabled past, she must use her newly acquired spirit hunting talents to save everyone on the island from murderous spirits on the attack.
17) Rome reframed
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Series
Publisher
Jolly Fish Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Lucas Duran has been on the trip of a lifetime--six months traveling through Europe with his parents and two younger brothers. That is, the trip of a lifetime for someone else. Lucas wants nothing more than to be home in Austin, Texas, with his friends, and it shows in his schoolwork that he's been emailing to his teachers. He can't wait to get out of Rome, the last stop on their trip. When his teachers give him an ultimatum--either turn in a phenomenal...
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Series
Meet me in Italy volume 1
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Workaholic, career-obsessed Francesca is fiercely independent and successful in all areas of life except one: family. She struggles to make time for her relationship with her teenage daughter, Allegra, and the two have become practically strangers to each other. When Allegra hangs out with a new crowd and is arrested for drug possession, Francesca gives in to her mother's wish that they take one epic summer vacation to trace their family roots in...
19) Don't let go
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Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A wealthy Parisian family vacations on the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean, but their tranquil retreat is cut short when one family member vanishes and another is suspected of her murder.
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