From: Laura Purdie Salas <lpsalas>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 11:22:29 -0500

John Green's AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES is the story of Colin, who gets dumped by his girlfriend right after high school graduation. His best friend, Hassan, figures a road trip will be a sure cure. A large portion of the book takes place in a town they visit and end up staying in for a while, but the road trip is an essential part of the book.

And as a Madeleine L'Engle fan, I have to mention MOON BY NIGHT, which follows the Austin family on a summer cross-country camping trip. Many of her books involve traveling. A couple of others are TROUBLING A STAR, in which Vicky Austin travels to Antarctica, and DRAGONS IN THE WATER, in which thirteen-year-old Simon Renier is traveling to Venezuela and hooks up with two members of the O'Keefe family for mystery and adventure.

Best, Laura Salas

Laura Purdie Salas www.laurasalas.com http://community.livejournal.com/wordygirls/
---------------------- Stampede! And Other Animal Poems About School [Clarion, forthcoming] Then There Were Eight: Poems About Space [Capstone, 2008]
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