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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

"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...

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.

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?

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?

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.

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 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!

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

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.

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!

What can a boy get up to? The London suburbs, 1980. Chris was no stranger to a sense of purpose; to right and wrong. His days followed a course formed by school, music, sport, and his rambunctious peers, but he itched for more than just a comfortable life. He dived headfirst into mischief and mayhem; finding athleticism, girls, and chance romance. Sandy beaches and craggy mountains beckoned, and a cheeky travel trip around Europe by train; and he endured trials on the way to becoming an elite parachutist. Could he seek meaning and learn resilience, despite the setbacks and turmoil of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ranked Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023, 2024" by Chill Subs Synopsis: Carefully curated stories from our monthly magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics of sex and sexuality. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions. Human Contact: A college student heads to a party, gets high and drunk, and ends up having a night that will forever change lives. For Your Safety: Zoe is visited by the government for having sexual relations without first filing an "Intimate Partnership Agreement...