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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Desde chanclas y juegos al aire libre hasta fuegos artificiales y helados, todos los chicos tienen algo con qué celebrar la temporada de verano.
From flip flops and outdoor games to fireworks and ice cream, every kid has something to celebrate the summer season with.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Experience the sultry Southern atmosphere of Atlanta and the magic of the Carolina Lowcountry in this funny and poignant tale of one audacious woman's quest to find the love she deserves, from New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank.Leslie Anne Greene Carter is The Last Original Wife among her husband Wesley's wildly successful Atlanta social set. His cronies have all traded in the mothers of their children they promised to love and...
84) Little nothings
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Liv Travers never knew real friendship until she met fellow mums Beth and Binnie. The three women become inseparable as they muddle through early parenthood together. Then along comes Ange... Ambitious, wealthy and somehow able to do it all. Under Ange's guiding presence, the group finds new vigour and fresh aspirations - bigger houses, better schools, dinners at exclusive restaurants. But Liv can't keep up and is increasingly edged out. When the...
Author
Series
Good Knight (Picture books) volume 2
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Good Knight's hard work has earned him a vacation, but his three little dragon friends come along and make the trip anything but relaxing.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Four lifelong friends on a luxurious vacation come face-to-face with an explosive secret. It was supposed to be the perfect vacation, dreamed up by Kate as the ideal way to turn 40: four best friends and their husbands and children, spending a week in a luxurious villa under the blazing sunshine of Provence. But there is trouble in paradise. Kate suspects that her husband is having an affair-and that the other woman is one of her best friends. One...
87) Ideas on the go
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Explore the world with your LEGO bricks--whether it is a trip to the park, an epic camping weekend, or your dream family vacation. Bring your LEGO bricks along for the ride or use them to imagine a LEGO vacation"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
On a vacation with their mother and stepfather, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha find themselves overwhelmed with a lakeful of magical adventures after Mark captures an ancient turtle that seems to have extraordinary powers.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 45
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"I invited my friend Petunia Pretty Paws to visit the Bay of Whales with me. But our trip got off on the wrong paw, and my relaxing vacation turned into a real nightmare. That is, until Petunia and I came across a great white whale that needed our help" (publisher).
91) Summer rental
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Ellis questions everything she believed after losing an all-consuming job, while Julia struggles with insecurities that threaten a loving relationship and Dorie confronts a maelstrom of problems after a shocking betrayal.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Unhappy at being sent to stay with his grandmother at the inn she operates, The Intergalactic Bed & Breakfast, Scrub discovers that each room is actually a portal to space and the inn's visitors are aliens who are vacationing on Earth.
94) I am brave
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
On a family vacation, a young girl shows bravery by trying new experiences, including surfing, horseback riding, and hiking.
Author
Publisher
Flame Tree Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Mike Carter and his girlfriend Helen, along with their friends Alex and Kay, travel to a remote loch side cottage for a post-graduation holiday. But their celebrations are short-lived when they hit and kill a stag on the road. Alex's sister Meggie awaits them in the cottage, adding to the tension when her dog, Oscar, goes missing. Mike becomes haunted by a disturbing presence in the cottage, and is hunted by threatening figures in the highland fog....
Author
Language
English
Description
By the time you read this, I'll have killed one of your husbands. In an isolated retreat, deep in the Northumbria moors, three women arrive for a weekend getaway. Their husbands will be joining them in the morning. Or so they think. But when they get to Dark Fell Barn, the women find a devastating note that claims one of their husbands has been murdered. Their phones are out of range. There's no internet. They're stranded. And a storm's coming in....
Author
Series
Bell Harbor novels volume 1
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
If Sadie Turner is good at anything, it's putting stuff in order. So when she finds her perfect life in disarray, she hopes a summer vacation at her aunt's lake house will help her piece it back together. She wants to relax, reboot, and heal the wounds left by her cheating ex-husband. And that requires time away from men. All men. Or so she thinks.
100) The Great outdoors
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
When an unannounced, uninvited and unwelcome family of fun-loving misfits converge upon a lakeside resort to join their relatives for a summer of relaxation, the result is anything but restive in this raucous comedy.
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