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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
403 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twenty-two-year-old Josh Flynn knows instinctively that his life is about to change when he sees three women, along with two young children, arrive at Nantucket airport, and as the summer progresses, he becomes the glue that holds things together as Vicki struggles with cancer, her sister Brenda deals with a career-ending scandal, and their friend Melanie comes to grips with a cheating husband and an unexpected pregnancy.
Author
Series
Fudge books volume 4
Language
English
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Brother Peter and Fudge must spend the summer with the dreaded Sheila the Great. Peter Hatcher describes his family's Maine vacation highlighted by the antics of his younger brother Fudge and the presence of his sworn enemy Sheila Tubman and her family.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
viii, 402 p. ; 25 cm.
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
The Penderwicks volume 1
Language
English
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Description
While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.
8) French braid
Author
Language
English
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Description
"The Garretts take their first and last family vacation in the summer of 1959. They hardly ever venture beyond Baltimore, but in some ways they have never been farther apart. Mercy has trouble resisting the siren call of her aspirations to be a painter, which means less time keeping house for her husband Robin. Their teenage daughters, steady Alice and boy-crazy Lily, could not have less in common. Their youngest, David, is already intent on escaping...
Author
Series
Fudge books volume 2
Language
English
Description
Spending the summer in Tarrytown, New York, is a lot of fun for ten-year-old Sheila even though her friends make her face up to some self-truths she does not want to admit.
10) Summer of '69
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Four siblings experience the drama, intrigue, and upheaval of a summer when everything changed, in New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand's first historical novel 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...
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"The post office is closed, and that means it's time for Mr. Postmouse and his family to take a vacation. Of course, he'll need to bring along a few parcels --- ?a postmouse's rounds are never done!? --- as he and Mrs. Mouse, Milo, Lulu and Pip set off on an around-the-world tour. Doing whatever it takes to reach their destinations (including traveling by hot-air balloon, cruise ship and camel!), the intrepid mouse family treks from the forest to...
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 9
Language
English
Description
The Heffley family road trip starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns--with everything from a fender bender to crazed seagulls--but even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure, and this is one the Heffleys will not soon forget.
Author
Series
Moffats volume 4
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Formats
Description
The adventures of the Moffat children living in Cranbury, Connecticut in the early twentieth century as they create a museum, participate in their sister's wedding, and try to buy a trolley car.
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
58 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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Looking forward to spending a seaside vacation with her family and sharing an adventure on the open sea as a fierce pirate dog, Poppy the Dalmatian loses her courage in the face of numerous bobbing boats, splashing waves, and scary sea creatures.
Author
Series
Henry and Mudge books volume 27
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
40 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Henry, his parents, and his dog Mudge take a vacation out West, where they enjoy tumbleweeds, desert animals, souvenirs, and the wide open spaces.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read, a sparkling new novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations. Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She's a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends....
17) Duck's vacation
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Duck is trying to enjoy a relaxing vacation, but with each turn of the page, the reader causes some calamity.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Single mom Robyn Caldwell needs a new plan for her future. She has always put her family first. Now, with her kids grown, she yearns for a change. But what can she do when her daughter has become the most demanding bride ever, her son won’t even consider college, her best friend is on the brink of marital disaster and her ex is making a monumentally bad decision that could ruin everything?
Take a vacation, of course. Press reset. When her great-aunt...
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
After her husband asks for a divorce on their anniversary, acclaimed radio host Ginny Splinter impulsively invites four heartbroken listeners to join her on her holiday to Italy and, with her newfound friends, embarks on a vacation of healing and second chances.
20) The getaway
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 12
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Greg Heffley and his family escape to a tropical island resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation, but sun poisoning, stomach troubles, and venemous creatures all threaten their vacation.
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