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Get ready to pack your bags for the family vacation of a lifetime. With dazzling photography and carefully researched entries, this list of one thousand activities includes something for explorers of all ages. Make memories on a family road trip down the iconic Route 66, dine with a giraffe in Kenya, take a ride on zip line through tropical jungles in Costa Rica, visit Santa Claus in Lapland, or learn to surf in Sri Lanka - this is the ultimate bucket...

Olivia plans to achieve a perfect SAT score, attend a prestigious college, and become a doctor. The last thing she wants to do this summer is go on a cruise with her parents, younger brothers, and the weight that hangs over the family since her older brother's death. Sebastian isn't part of her plan: he's charming, exciting, and reckless. He's also fun. When past secrets begin to come to light, Olivia begins to question the past she thought she understood-...

"Claire’s mom and dad don’t talk to each other much anymore. And they definitely don’t laugh or dance the way they used to. Their tense, stilted stand offs leave thirteen-year-old Claire, an only child, caught in the middle. So when the family takes their annual summer vacation, Claire sticks her nose in a book and hopes for the best. Maybe the sunshine and ocean breeze will fix what’s gone wrong. But while the family is away, Claire’s...

On a cross-country camping trip, Greg Heffley and his family find themselves stranded at an RV park that's not exactly a summertime paradise, and when the skies open up and the water starts to rise, the Heffley's wonder if they can save their vacation--or if they're already in too deep.

"Crackling and propulsive." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

From the author of Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets and They're Watching You, a compelling new thriller!

Last summer, they searched for Audrey Covington.

This summer, they'll search for the truth.

Paige Redmond has always felt lucky to spend her summers in Clearwater Ridge, with lazy days sunning

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"Alex Wise feels like his world is ending. His best friend, Loren, is leaving town for the summer, his former friend and maybe sort of crush Sky hasn't spoken to him since he ditched Alex on first day of sixth grade, and now his mom is sending him and his annoying younger sister, Mags, on a cruise with the dad who abandoned them. And, as if things couldn't get worse, a creepy shadow monster may or may not be stalking him. But none of this could prepare...

When Jasmine and family visit Kabo, the Japanese village where her grandmother grew up, she is homesick and angry with her older sister for not playing with her, but when they start to compromise, they discover ways to bridge their differences.

Eight-year-old Jasmine travels to Hiroshima to visit her grandmother and cousin.

On the shores of Venice Beach, eight strangers, staying in a rundown backpackers hostel, are all running from something-and have secrets they're more than willing to kill for.