Let’s go to the beach, beach, let’s go get away. But in our brains because inside has air conditioning and gas is expensive.
Carrying Albert Home: the Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator by Homer Hickam
After borrowing a Model T from the mine boss, a young couple drives an alligator from West Virginia to Florida. Along the way, they pick up a rooster, negotiate a union deal, play baseball, drive thunder road, and star in a movie!
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Salamanca Hiddle goes on a trip with her grandparents to see her mother after she left Sal’s Dad. Along the way, Sal entertains her grandparents by sharing stories about her friends back in Ohio.
Alice Isn’t Dead by Joseph Fink
Alice disappeared two years ago. Keisha moved on – or at least tried to. When Alice is spotted in news broadcasts all over the country, Keisha gets her CDL and tries to find her. Based on the hit podcast by the same name.
The Faceless Old Woman Who Lives in Your Home by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor
In the town of Night Vale there is a Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home. She lives in your home, but who is she? Why is she? Described as part The Haunting of Hill House part The Count of Monte Cristo and narrated by the astounding Mara Wilson.
The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle by Christina Uss
Adults and youth alike delight in this story about an orphan raised by Sister Wanda, a retired Nun of the Mostly Silent Monastery. Having been raised by the former mostly silent monastic, Bicycle isn’t equipped to socialize with other children. Rather than being forced into making friends at a sleep-away camp, Bicycle decides to do it her way, by taking her trusty bike, Clunk to San Francisco from Washington D.C.