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GEM & DIXIE tells the story of teen sisters who have developed their own ways of coping with neglectful parents. Gem, the older sister, takes on the role of watcher and caregiver for her sister and single mother. She listens for signs of alcohol or drug use in her mother's voice and keeps an eye on her sister. Dixie operates on hope with a little bit of grit, using her looks to get what she wants, such as much needed food and attention. Though close when they were little, the sisters have grown apart in their teen years. Dixie's popular and confident, while Gem's an anxious loner with no friends. When their manipulative, long-absent dad re-enters the picture, he unwittingly sets in motion an escapade for the girls. The two take off for a while, alternately reconnecting and fighting, trying to figure out where things went so wrong between them and how they can maintain their sanity living in an unstable home with absent parents. They struggle with wanting to believe their family can turn things around vs. accepting that some people are messed up and you have to do what you can to save yourself. The story highlights how kids suffering from neglect can be easily overlooked by those who are supposed to help them.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Georgia

Gem and Dixie

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#roadtrip #sexualtension #romance #adventure

Arkansas

How to Marry Keanu Reevea in 90 Days

Signed Edition
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Indiana

Alice Isn't Dead 

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Washington

The Best Road Food from San Diego to the Canadian Border

As "locavore" becomes part of our everyday vocabulary and food critics continue to give West Coast cuisine accolades for its freshness and sustainability, West Coast Road Eats shows how why we eat-and where we eat it-matters more than ever. Part guidebook, part travelogue, and part history lesson, West Coast Road Food is a love letter to the seafood shacks, farm stands, taquerias, ice cream parlors, burger joints, wineries, and more that make up our unique edible ecosystem. Covering more than 1,500 miles from the Canadian border to San Diego, West Coast Road Eats offers a plethora of unique restaurants that dot the freeways and scenic byways of the West Coast. With suggested itineraries, overviews of major cities, and sidebars covering everything from captivating food-factory tours to instructions on how to pick the best produce at a farm stand, this book focuses the relationship between food and a sense of place with the enduring image of the American West as a backdrop.

Anna Roth is a Los Angeles-based food and travel writer whose work has appeared in publications such as Sunset, Seattle Metropolitan, Edible Seattle, Virtuoso Life, and more. She is the editor of a travel website at Demand Media in Santa Monica, CA.

West Coast Road Eats

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Florida

Winner of the Booktrust Teenage Prize and a finalist for The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a starred review Kirkus Review praised Unhooking the Moon as a "rousing adventure on the not-so-mean streets, with heart aplenty."

When an adventurous sister-and-brother duo become orphans, a funny and heartbreaking roadtrip to New York ensues, as the pair searches for their long-lost uncle.

Meet the Rat: A dancing, soccer-loving, fearless ten-year-old from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Meet her older brother, Bob: Protector of the Rat, though more often than not her faithful follower, Bob is determined to build a new and better life for him and his sister in America. Of particular concern for him are his sister's mysterious fits, which keep getting more and more severe.

On their adventures traveling alone from the flatlands of Winnipeg, southward across the border into America, Bob and the Rat make friends with a host of unlikely characters, including a hilarious con man and a famous rap star. As they struggle to survive in the big city, they realize that finding your uncle in New York is incredibly difficult if you have almost no information about him--even if he is rumored to be one of the city's biggest drug dealers.

Unhooking the Moon

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North Carolina

#hardcover #aliceisntdead #fiction #welcometonightvale #josephfink #mystery #suspense #horror #roadtrip 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Novel

A New York Times Bestseller

From the bestselling co-author of It Devours! and Welcome to Night Vale comes a fast-paced thriller about a truck driver searching across America for the wife she had long assumed to be dead.

"This isn't a story. It's a road trip."

Keisha Taylor lived a quiet life with her wife, Alice, until the day that Alice disappeared. After months of searching, presuming she was dead, Keisha held a funeral, mourned, and gradually tried to get on with her life. But that was before Keisha started to see her wife, again and again, in the background of news reports from all over America. Alice isn't dead, and she is showing up at every major tragedy and accident in the country.



Following a line of clues, Keisha takes a job as a long-haul truck driver and begins searching for Alice. She eventually stumbles on an otherworldly conflict being waged in the quiet corners of our nation's highway system--uncovering a conspiracy that goes way beyond one missing woman.



Alice Isn't Dead

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California

Honey, Baby, Sweetheart

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Utah

Two-Way Street; Right of Way

Road Trip Summer

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Wisconsin

Explore America

The East Coast. Appalachian adventure. The old south. Pioneer Illinois. Chisholm trail. THe high plains. Through the Rockies. Desert Discovery. Panoramic Northwest. Golden state drive.

Just off the Interstate & Great American Journeys

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New York

A Photographic Road Trip

It was while enjoying a friend's bottle of out-of-state wine that renowned Napa Valley wine photographer Charles O'Rear and his wife, Daphne, decided to embark on the ultimate wine road trip. Eighteen months and 50,000 miles later, WINE ACROSS AMERICA presents the fruits of their journey, documenting the passion and pride of winegrowers, winemakers, and wine drinkers from New England to Florida, Alaska to Hawaii, and everywhere in between. The first photography book to showcase American wine country, this lavishly illustrated tribute will inform, entertain, and inspire readers to see and taste the American wine revolution for themselves.

Wine Across America

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Illinois

The Night Before Summer Vacation

#hardcover #ya #caraccident #mysterious #roadtrip 

Minnesota

When Ellie's estranged brother, Luke, dies in a car accident, she's not sure whether to be devastated that she lost the person who was once her best friend or enraged, still, that he left without a word a year ago. Now, the only people who seem to understand what she's going through are Luke's best friend and his ex-girlfriend, who she bonds with over their desire to figure out where Luke went when he walked out of their lives. As she gets closer to them, and closer to Cade, a boy who seems determined to get to know her better, she realizes that she’s not the only one with reasons to be angry at Luke. And when Ellie makes a discovery that changes everything, she and her new friends hit the road, hoping that following Luke's trail will bring them answers about the life Luke was living away from them.

We Are the Ghosts

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#paperback #fiction #youngadult #yafiction #juvenilefiction #roadtrip #contemporary #romance 

Alabama

After the death of her father, Amy, a high school student, and Roger, a college freshman, set out on a carefully planned road trip from California to Connecticut, but wind up taking many detours, forcing Amy to face her worst fears and come to terms withher grief and guilt.

Amy and Roger's Epic Detour

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Connecticut

#hardcover #romance #fiction #botm #bookofthemonth #friendstolovers #KeanuReeves #roadtrip

Massachusetts

How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days

#youngadult #contemporary #music #fiction #romance #travel #roadtrip #realisticfiction #comingofage #teen

Colby's post-high school plans were that he and his best friend Bev would tour with her band, then spend a year in Europe, but when she decides to start college just after the tour, Colby struggles to understand what losing her means for his future.

The Disenchantments

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#paperback #fiction #youngadult #yafiction #roadtrip #juvenilefiction #contemporary #romance 

Pennsylvania

Michigan

Sixteen year-old Greg Chappell is like most teenagers ... until a haunting phone call from his missing sister sets him on a journey that will turn his life upside down.

World Is Black and White

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#paperback #debbiemacomber #blossomstreet #romance #relationships #love #roadtrip #massmarket #threegenerations

Oregon

Sometimes, where you think you're going isn't where you end up...

In the middle of the year, in the middle of her life, Bethanne Hamlin takes a road trip with her daughter, Annie, and her former mother-in-law, Ruth.

They're driving to Florida for Ruth's 50th high school reunion. A longtime widow, Ruth would like to reconnect with Royce, the love of her teenage life. She's heard he's alone, too....

Bethanne needs time to reflect on a decision she has to make--whether or not to reconcile with her ex-husband, Grant, her children's father.

Meanwhile, Annie's out to prove to her onetime boyfriend that she can live a brilliant life without him!

So there they are, three women driving across America. They have their maps and their directions--but even the best-planned journey can take you to a turn in the road. Or lead to an unexpected encounter--like the day Bethanne meets a man named Max....



A Turn in the Road

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South Carolina

How to Be Bad

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This guide to Oregon's burgeoning wine scene provides exhaustive coverage of the entire state, from the renowned Willamette Valley to the distant Umatilla Valley. It is the guidebook for oenophiles who want to learn about Oregon's wineries, and for anyone who enjoys great wine and longs to see more of this diverse and beautiful state. Included are wineries with and without official tasting rooms as well as those that are open only by appointment.



The authors also provide a wide array of dining and lodging suggestions and spotlight unique attractions, recreation options, and natural wonders for travelers to seek out in their spare time.



As in every Explorer's Great Destinations title, detailed maps and the authors' insider knowledge make this book a must-have for travelers and residents alike. A unique and practical Great Grape Destinations checklist rounds out this invaluable resource. Use it to help you enjoy your trip to Oregon's vibrant cities and towns, stunning countryside, and--of course--distinctive wineries. Includes: history, getting around, wineries, lodging, dining, attractions, recreation, shopping, and more!

Explorer's Guide - Oregon Wine Country

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Ohio

In an attempt to find a cure after being diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob (aka mad cow) disease, Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen-year-old boy, sets off on a road trip with a death-obsessed video gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital.

Going Bovine

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Recipes, Restaurants, and Pitmasters from America's Great Barbecue Regions

With its fervent aficionados, traditions, and wildly varying regional styles--each with its passionate advocates--barbecue is much more than a way of cooking meat: It's a cultural ritual. A history as entertaining as it is informative, this book is the first to explore American barbecue's regional roots. Nationally renowned food commentator Mike Witzel takes readers on an eye-opening (and mouth-watering) tour of the histories, techniques, culture, competitions, traditional side dishes, and classic hot spots associated with barbecue's four major regionally based styles.



With hundreds of photographs and illustrations, print ads, signage, and more, this account offers a rich picture of American barbecue in Texas, North Carolina, Memphis, and Kansas City (home to at least 100 barbecue restaurants and the world's largest annual barbeque contest). Pork or beef, sweet or spicy, marinated or rubbed, basted or slathered in sauce, cooked slowly or seared, over coal or wood chips, here are the styles from which all American barbecue is derived, in all their rich flavor and folklore. For those who wish to do further research, the book provides a listing of top barbecue joints in all 50 states.

Sara Zarr

Gem and Dixie

K.M. Jackson

How to Marry Keanu Reevea in 90 Days

Joseph Fink

Alice Isn't Dead

Anna Roth

West Coast Road Eats

Gregory Hughes

Unhooking the Moon

Sara Zarr

Gem and Dixie

Joseph Fink

Alice Isn't Dead

Deb Caletti

Honey, Baby, Sweetheart

Lauren Barnholdt

Road Trip Summer

Reader's Digest Editors

Just off the Interstate & Great American Journeys

Charles O'Rear (Photographer); Daphne Larkin (Text by)

Wine Across America

Natasha Wing; Julie Durrell (Illustrator)

The Night Before Summer Vacation

Vicky Skinner

We Are the Ghosts

Morgan Matson

Amy and Roger's Epic Detour

Morgan Matson

Amy and Roger's Epic Detour

K. M. Jackson

How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days

Nina LaCour

The Disenchantments

Morgan Matson

Amy and Roger's Epic Detour

Christopher Knight

World Is Black and White

Debbie Macomber

A Turn in the Road

Lauren Myracle, E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski

How to Be Bad

Sherry L. Moore; Jeff Welsch

Explorer's Guide - Oregon Wine Country

Libba Bray

Going Bovine

Michael Witzel

Barbecue Road Trip