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Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Whether you've always dreamed of skirting the US on a motorcycle, are looking to go coast-to-coast in an RV or simply want to roll down your car windows and plug into a classic playlist, Road Trips in the USA will give you all the inspiration you need for a road trip to remember.
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The follow-up novel to the blockbuster “Sideways”, the inspiration for the award-winning film of the same name, starring Paul Giamatti, “Sideways Oregon” tracks the continuing story of Miles Raymond and his buddy Jack.
Seven years have passed since Miles and Jack took their infamous bachelor trip to the Santa Ynez Valley. Miles has written a novel that was made into a wildly successful movie, which changed his life. Jack, contrarily, is divorced,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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After the death of her father, Amy, a high school student, and Roger, a college freshman, set out on a carefully planned road trip from California to Connecticut, but wind up taking many detours, forcing Amy to face her worst fears and come to terms with her grief and guilt.
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"Remarkable road trips has assembled the very best scenic drives the world has to offer. From the towering sandstone buttes of Utah to the breathtaking arctic wastes of the Dempster Highway, there are 51 journeys that will leave you gasping for breath, none more that Bolivia's Road of Death. There are short journeys and long journeys - some take weeks, others hours - all are spectacular. Along with the wild and desolate highlands and islands of Norway,...
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Riding shotgun with a chatty blonde ten years his junior isn't cowboy Kipp Starr's first choice. Despite his attraction to pretty Beatrice Hollister, serious-minded Kipp feels they have little in common. But to show his gratitude for the Hollister family's Christmas hospitality, he agrees to accompany Beatrice on the drive to his home state of Idaho. Beatrice doesn't know if she's more excited about meeting her estranged grandmother--or driving Kipp...
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With Florie's best friend Kacey set to head off to college, they decide to take a road trip to San Francisco, but when Florie's forever crush Sam volunteers to drive them, she will have to deal with her feelings and the romantic signals Sam is starting to send.
7) You are here
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Emma Healy has never felt that she fit in with the rest of her family, so when she discovers that she had a twin brother who died shortly after they were born, she takes off on an impulsive road trip to try to discover who she really is.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 15
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"Ali and her ex-boyfriend, Nico, both eighteen, rehash their ill-fated romance during a road trip to sell the 1968 Firebird convertible she just inherited from her estranged father." --
When Ali Collins's estranged father passes away and leaves her his only prized possession-- a 1968 Firebird convertible-- it reminds her too much of all her father's unfulfilled promises. A buyer three hundred miles up the Pacific coast is offering enough money for...
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"Lauren Richmond isn't a fan of Christmas. Which is why she rarely makes the trip home to the Midwest for the holidays. After all, she has plenty to keep her busy--namely, her duties as a set decorator on a TV sitcom. But this December, Lauren's brother and his wife are expecting a baby, so her brother arranges a ride home for her with his good friend, Will. Unfortunately for Lauren, she's been trying to forget college baseball coach and childhood...
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The drive follows Teresa Bruce on her 2003 road trip through Mexico and onto the Pan American Highway, in a rickety camper with her old dog and new husband in tow. Bruce first set off on the exact same route in 1973, her parents at the helm and their two young daughters in tow, as a reaction to the accidental death of their youngest child, Bruce's brother John John. Her attempt to follow the route, using her mother's travel journal as an anecdotal...
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"This cowboy's planned his future...then love gets in the way! Holden Monroe is focused on sending his son off to college until ex-girlfriend Bernadette Carlisle drops the bomb that she's expecting their baby. The cowboy's offer to do the right thing is an empty gesture to Bernadette. The successful doctor doesn't believe Holden capable of settling down--she just wants a custody agreement. But an eventful road trip might just change everyone's expectations!"--Back...
12) Sway: a novel
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
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Ten-year-old Cass's attitude changes after her mother, whom she idolizes, leaves her behind, and her father who previously seemed boring and practical, takes her on a summer road trip in which he shows her the creative, magical side of himself.
13) Greasy rider: two dudes, one fry-oil-powered car, and a cross-country search for a greener future
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Describes the cross-country odyssey of a freelance journalist and his college buddy in a dilapidated 1985 Mercedes diesel station wagon powered on vegetable oil collected from restaurant grease and dumpsters along the way, detailing their visits to Google's solar-powered headquarters, the National Ethanol Council, wind turbines in Minnesota, and other alternative energy hotspots.