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Author
Pub. Date
c2014
Description
"Imagine driving down an empty road in the middle of nowhere, your spouse asleep in the passenger seat, kids fighting in the back, two more hours to the next hotel you hope has a vacancy, you're struggling to keep your eyes open, and you can't remember the last time you ate. Just thinking about this would make even the most resilient parents second-guess the idea of taking their children on a long road trip. Is it really worth the trouble? "The truth...
23) The power couple
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Formats
Description
"Rebecca and Brian Unsworth appear to have it all. A nice house in the suburbs of Washington, DC. Two well-behaved, healthy teenage children. Important government jobs - Rebecca working in counterterrorism for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Brian serving as a coder for the National Security Agency. Their lives stand to improve even more as Brian, in his off-hours, has just developed and sold a highly profitable app.However, the Unsworths' marriage...
25) Diavola
Author
Pub. Date
20240326
Description
Anna has two rules for the annual Pace family destination vacations: Tread lightly and survive.
It isn’t easy when she’s the only one in the family who doesn’t quite fit in. Her twin brother, Benny, goes with the flow so much he’s practically dissolved, and her older sister, Nicole, is so used to everyone―including her blandly docile husband and two kids―falling in line that Anna often ends up in trouble for simply asking a question....
Author
Series
Murder she wrote volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"While staying with her uncle in Lake Paloma, Bea Fletcher soon discovers the town has mysteries of its own, including the unsolved drowning of a teenage girl - a case that leads her closer to home than she ever imagined"--Provided by publisher.
27) Blended
Description
After a disastrous blind date, single parents Lauren and Jim agree on only one thing: they never want to see each other again. But when they each sign up separately for a fabulous family vacation with their kids, they are all stuck sharing a suite at a luxurious African safari resort for a week.
28) Room to dream
Author
Series
Front desk volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Formats
Description
"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! And Mia's own plans to be a big writer are . . . stuck....
30) Bluey: camping
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"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"--
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
These stories take you across five continents. With plenty of adventurous travel, including trekking with tots in the Himalayas, sailing en famille across the Atlantic Ocean, and the first circumnavigation of Mauritius by bicycle. Find out what happened when a father inadvertently took his daughters to a brothel, and read how one family turned up six hours early for a flight... and still managed to miss it. Joing families paddling with crocodiles...
33) Red Fox Road
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Francie and her parents are on a spring road trip: driving from British Columbia, Canada, to hike in the Grand Canyon. When a shortcut leads them down an old logging road, disaster strikes. Their truck hits a rock and wipes out the oil pan. They are stuck in the middle of nowhere. Francie can't help feeling a little excited -- she'd often imagined how she'd survive if she got stranded in the bush, and now here they are. But will her survival skills...
34) Family vacations
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Describes different ways people spend family vacations. Includes simple craft"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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.
36) I am behind you
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"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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Series
Pub. Date
2019.
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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...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Probst comes a new women's fiction novel featuring three generations of Ferrari women who need to heal the broken pieces of their lives...and one trip of a lifetime through Italy. 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...
39) SuperJack
Author
Pub. Date
[c2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Mum announces to Jack and Samantha that they're going on a family holiday to the Gold Coast. Jack isn't sure he likes the changes that are happening. Nana is getting old and can't do the things she used to. Rob, his sort-of-stepfather, is bringing his son Leo, and Jack is sure Leo is going to ruin everything.
40) RV
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Bob is determined to combine work and pleasure. He rents a recreational motor home to drive his wife and kids on a scenic vacation to the Colorado Rockies. While trying to enjoy some much needed, quality time with his family, Bob is secretly preparing a presentation for a high-stakes corporate merger. Their dysfunctional road trip leads to repeated encounters with the perky Gornicke family. The Gornicke's don't appear to be too bright, but to Bob,...