Teenage Travel

After accelerating their studies and graduating high school early, two teenagers set off from their hometown in Minnesota to embark on a 2,200-mile canoe journey up the heart of North America. Their destination: the permafrost shores of Hudson Bay. Inspired by a passion for the simple life, where gadgets and schedules are replaced by nature and its harsh beauty, the duo found something that many believe is lost: a true adventure.

A school shooting in 2016 leaves Daniel Girch in a coma. As he’s hovering between life and death, he inexplicably wakes up in his own bedroom...but instead of an iPhone plugged in next to his bed, there’s a radio. On the dresser is a stack of cassette tapes. On the wall is a poster of a young Christie Brinkley. And in the closet are parachute pants and polo shirts. Downstairs, Daniel’s dead grandmother is making pancakes, and his mom is suddenly an annoying eleven-year-old who plays with Barbies. It’s 1986. With the help of his new best friend, Daniel assimilates to life as a ...

Why I Left I didn’t set out to find myself. Honestly, I just wanted to see what would happen if I pointed an old van west and kept going. But somewhere between a bowl of green chili in Texas and a sunrise in a redwood forest, something shifted. This book isn’t just a travel log. It’s a collection of stories, thoughts, and moments that happened when I stopped trying to live up to expectations—and just started living. Here’s what you’ll find inside: 🛻 An unforgettable solo road trip across America, in a beat-up van named The Rambler 🐔 A sidekick with zero emotional support ...

Dating and danger! John and Tess are on their journey to backtrack John’s father. And their destination is as dangerous as it sounds: Giant’s Fist. But along the way there is time to reflect, to ponder, and to date. Puzzles abound, friction surfaces, and as the answers begin to emerge, the extreme danger of what they now face becomes clear; as well as a growing sorrow of what it all means.

Overnight Taylor Amber’s life is transformed when his parents die under mysterious circumstances and he becomes an orphan in the Diggory Home for Children in Distress. Taylor eventually befriends another Diggory long-termer, a spiky misfit of a girl called Georgie Yates. But soon afterwards Taylor discovers an incredible secret: his physicist parents had not been working at the local university as he had always assumed. They were in fact head scientists for a secret organisation called TARGET (Time Agency Response Group: Earthly Threats),and on the day of their deaths they were about to ...

Seventeen-year-old California cheerleader Jessica is beautiful, wealthy, and popular. She has everything she could ever want, except happiness. But her world changes forever when Tommy, a dark, sexy, mysterious stranger arrives at school on a motorcycle the first day of senior year. Sweeping her off her feet, she loses her heart to him. But will time tear them apart forever?

An expected encounter with a mysterious being has the curious Alexandra Carter embarking on a perilous journey discovering truths about the Universe which produces an unexpected love.

"Sometimes, the hardest story to write is your own." On the eve of her latest book launch, struggling romance author June Nelson is unexpectedly transported back to her 17-year-old self after a freak accident. Suddenly, she's back in high school, facing the challenges of teenage life all over again. As she reconnects with her former best friend, first love, and her late father, June realizes that the key to finding her way back isn't about changing the past, but embracing it. In this heartfelt journey of second chances, June discovers that the most important love story is the one she writes...

On dystopian Jessamine, teenagers John Hammerback and Tess Johnson are the best of friends. Together, they explore the ruins of a world that once had advanced technology including space travel, but lost it many turns back during one dark night of death and destruction, as fire reigned down from the sky above. All that remains is an agrarian society ruled by the autocratic Council of Elders. But for John and Tess, the discovery of a secret hidden door is about to lead to a surprising relic from their past, and a haunting mystery that beckons them to begin a dangerous journey to discover the ...

It is the season one finale of Hammerback! Will John, Tess, and Cassie prevail? Can they escape the insidious trap in which they find themselves? Will John get into more trouble with his girlfriend Tess? And will Cassie try to kiss him again? At the edge of the known universe, with everything on the line, John, Tess and Cassie must face their greatest challenge. If they succeed, the past will open up to them, but If they fail, it will be the end of everything. Will the darkness finally win? Or can they make one last star shine like no other in the endless night.

John, Tess, and Cassie are approaching a very dangerous place in the Universe. So much has happened in their quest to save the stars, and they have learned a lot along the way. But nothing has prepared them for what is to come. The decisions have never been more critical; the consequences never more dire. After all, it all started here in this distant galaxy... will it end here as well?

Starr Bailey was born with six fingers on each hand. In a future time where clones are common and rare is beautiful, she is pitted against her love for science and her love for Raymond Sprocket, an ambitious delivery boy who gets involved in the illegal transportation of contraband goods between Hessa3 and Earth. But there is a deadly side-effect of interplanetary travel that threatens to drive Raymond to madness and the only person who can help him wants to keep Starr for himself. Young Adult

As an avid traveler & passionate educator with over three & a half decades of experience, I wanted to share the wonders of the rainforest through a lens that would captivate young minds and resonate with readers of all ages. The Moore family, our fearless travelers & explorers, embark on a journey beyond the surface, uncovering the Amazon's rich history, biodiversity, & delicate balance. This book is more than a narrative; it is an immersive experience. With a keen eye for detail, I aim to bring the rainforest to life, from the towering trees to the vibrant array of creatures that call it ...

John Hammerback and Tess Johnson are two teenagers who find themselves in the most improbable of situations, traveling through the great unknown with an AI persona named Cassie. John and Tess are now following in the footsteps of John’s father, seeking to unravel a mystery, the nature of which neither one could ever have imagined.

John is on the verge of discovering the importance of a secret location that is so far away that only Cassie can show them how to get there. But finding a solution requires John to achieve an almost impossibility for a teenage guy: successfully maneuvering through the intricate domain of female emotions of not one girl, but two. And Tess and Cassie are full of all kinds of surprises!

John, Tess and Cassie continue to explore an ancient space structure, a place full of dread and danger. In this distant star system, far from what was once human space, the mystery grows and the intrigue deepens, until the moment comes when John is finally forced to confront his darkest fears. And dealing with two headstrong teenage girls, both of whom are in love with him, is just the start of it!

Too old for love? Widowed Isabella Rossi is content with her life at the villa. In the past year, all her grandchildren have discovered faith and love. But what about her? When a beau from her teens returns to Tuscany, can the flame of love be rekindled, or is eighty-something too old for romance? A shorter novella follow-up to the wonderful A Tuscan Legacy multi-author series! Visit the A Tuscan legacy page (click on the author name) to see all the books in the series.

Summer Darling is a not so typical American teenager, longing to return to Spain and walk another route of the famed Camino de Santiago, but when Covid hits and locks down the world, Summer’s Camino plans screech to a halt. As Summer waits in frustration, she convinces her cousin Lou to join her when the world does reopen. Problem is Lou’s Mom, Tilly, who seems fixated on making Summer’s life a waking nightmare, and is convinced if they go, the sky will fall and crush Lou underneath. But the girls are persuasive and in the Fall of 2022 they’re off for Portugal to have the adventure ...

A journey through time gave her a chance to make things right. But some things weren’t meant to change... Amy Snowberger has always felt lost and alone. After her father’s death, her life seemed to spiral into one tragedy after another. But when a car accident lands her in the hospital, the young woman soon finds herself trapped in a terrifying ordeal... When Amy wakes up, she is shocked to find herself in her childhood room. Her hair is shorter, her body smaller...and her father is waiting for her in the kitchen. Somehow, she has traveled back in time. Trapped in the body of her ...

Like Jack Kerouac’s intrepid little sister, Ariel Gore spins the spirited story of a vulnerable drifter who takes refuge in fate and the shadowy recesses of a string of glittering, broken relationships. With just a few pennies and her I Ching, a change of clothes and a one-way ticket to Hong Kong, a perceptive, searching 16-year-old Gore makes her way from the sterile suffocation of the Silicon Valley through the labyrinthine customs of Cold-War China, wanders through bustling, electric Kathmandu, and hunkers down in an icy London squat with a prostitute and a boyfriend on the dole.