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English
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It is the charming, engrossing tale of rural Kentucky native Taylor Greer, who only wants to get away from her roots and avoid getting pregnant. She succeeds, but inherits a 3-year-old native-American little girl named Turtle along the way, and together, from Oklahoma to Tucson, Arizona, half-Cherokee Taylor and her charge search for a new life in the West. Written with humor and pathos, this highly praised novel focuses on love and friendship, abandonment...
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
In addition to the lavishly illustrated drives with full page descriptions, the editors have included additional lists of recommendations such as "The top 10 drivers' drives," "The top 10 spectacular bridges," The top 10 lakeside drives," "The top 10 music drives," and more. The drives vary. Some are routes through spectacular landscapes or leisurely journeys of discovery; some are short day trips; others are legendary long-distance odysseys. Additional...
Author
Series
Elephant and Piggie books volume 18
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Elephant Gerald and Piggie want to go for a drive, but as Gerald thinks of one thing after another that they will have to take along, they come to realize that they lack the most important thing of all.
4) Nebraska
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
After receiving a sweepstakes letter in the mail, a cantankerous father thinks he's struck it rich, and wrangles his estranged son into taking a road trip to claim the fortune. Getting waylaid in the father's hometown in Nebraska, the son tries to reconnect with his impenetrable father.
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Series
Timmy Failure volume 4
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
In this fourth book of Timmy Failure's memoirs, Timmy is forced to take his investigation into stolen charity funds on the road when his mother forces him to help her boyfriend move to Chicago. They are on the road in a cross-country trip that includes Timmy's mom, Total the polar bear, Doorman Dave, and criminal mastermind Molly Moskins. It's a world gone mad, where good becomes bad, and Timmy Failure is a condemned man.
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Series
VIP volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Mackenzie Lowell goes on the road with her favorite boy band when her mom gets a job as the band's tour manager"--
Series
Criterion collection volume 707
Pub. Date
2014
Language
Italiano
Description
A waggish, free-wheeling bachelor and a bookish law student take a madcap trip from Rome to rural Southern Italy.
Author
Series
VIP volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year old Mackenzie "Mac" Lowell accompanies her favorite boy band, Perfect Storm, on another road trip and chronicles her experiences on tour.
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English
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Kathleen is eighty years old. After she has a run-in with an intruder, her daughter wants her to move into a residential home. But she's not having any of it. What she craves-what she needs-is adventure. Liza is drowning in the daily stress of family life. The last thing she needs is her mother jetting off on a wild holiday, making Liza long for a solo summer of her own. Martha is having a quarter-life crisis. Unemployed, unloved and uninspired,...
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