A "novel about what happens when two families go on a tropical vacation--and the children go missing"--

A summer in Tarrytown, N.Y., is a lot of fun for ten-year-old Sheila even though her friends make her face up to some self-truths she doesn't want to admit.

Rosalind heads to the beach when summer arrives, and the rest of the Penderwick girls go to a cozy cottage in Maine with Aunt Claire, leaving Skye feeling slightly overwhelmed with her new role as the oldest available Penderwick.

Reese, Janie, and their parents must find a way off an island while they dodge strange and dangerous creatures.

While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.

"It's 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing. Every year the children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmother's historic home in downtown Nantucket. But like so much else in America, nothing is the same: Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel. Middle sister Kirby, caught up in the thrilling vortex of civil rights protests and determined to be independent,...

On vacation at a farm campsite, Daisy meets the farm dog's puppies. She falls in love with one and secretly names him Baxter. But when it's time to go home, how will Daisy ever say good-bye?

"Penguin's tired of the snow and cold--so he decides to go on vacation! But where should he go? And what new friends will he meet alonong the way?"--

Gordon Korman meets The Great Outdoors in this funny and moving debut about a boy who goes on a disastrous family vacation (sweltering heat! bear chases!) that ends with a terrible surprise: his dad's new girlfriend. There are zero reasons for Theo Ripley to look forward to his family vacation. Not only are he, sister Laura, and nature-obsessed Dad going to Big Bend, the least popular National Park, but once there, the family will be camping. And...

Duck is trying to enjoy a relaxing vacation, but with each turn of the page, the reader causes some calamity.