From: Kathy Kirchoefer <kkirchoefer_at_henderson.lib.nc.us>
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 15:58:23 +0000

Another one that came to my mind is a teen book entitled Perfect Escape by Jennifer Brown. A high school senior takes a road trip with her OCD brothe r to try to reconnect with her best friend in California.

Kathy Kirchoefer, Children's Librarian Henderson County Public Library

From: Roxanne Feldman
 Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 11:46 AM To: Crystal Brunelle Cc: Subscribers of ccbc-net Subject: Re:
 Travel Books

Walk Two Moons is definitely a road trip/finding oneself/history book.

I think Peak by Roland Smith can be considered as such. The trek to climb to the top of Everest parallel the journey of the father/son relationship.

Our six grade students examine books as Journeys at the beginning of the ye ar. They finish Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Ryan in the summer and we start the year talking about physical and emotional journeys of the protagonists .

Motivations, destinations, changes in traits and self knowledge, etc. Each of them picks out a "journey" book from the library and write about these components. They study Greek myths and the Odyssey so this topic is very f itting. Can't wait to see titles suggested here to add to the recommended journey books.
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