An introspective boy and an adventurous girl uncover a poignant family mystery during a summer on the shores of Three Bird Lake. For as long as he can remember, Adam and his parents have spent their summers at his grandmother's rustic cabin on Three Bird Lake. But this year will be different. There will be no rowdy cousins running around tormenting Adam. There will be no Uncle John or Aunt Jean. And there will be no Dad to fight with Mom. This year,...

A young girl describes the various adventures she and her family have when they take off-the-beaten-path vacations.

After witnessing the suicide of a popular boy on a playground at night and doing nothing to stop him, a panicked teenager drags the body to the beach and buries it, becoming trapped in a guilt spiral.

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

Dulcie the fairy, who likes to work hard as head baker for Queen Clarion, reluctantly takes a vacation.

Maisy packs her bags and sets off on a fun vacation to the seashore with Panda and Cyril.

Pushed to the breaking point, Cara Burrows flees her home and family and escapes to a five-star spa resort she can't afford. Late at night, exhausted and desperate, she lets herself into her hotel room and is shocked to find it already occupied--by a man and a teenage girl. A simple mistake at the front desk but soon Cara realizes that the girl she saw alive and well in the hotel room is someone she can't possibly have seen: the most famous murder...

Follows the Stevens family--Mr. and Mrs. Stevens along with their children, Mary, Dick and Ernie--as they spend their annual two-week September vacation at the Seaview guesthouse in the English seaside town of Bognor Regis.

"Single mom Robyn Caldwell needs a new plan for her future. She has always put her family first. Now, with her kids grown, she yearns for a change. But what can she do when her daughter has become the most demanding bride ever, her son won’t even consider college, her best friend is on the brink of marital disaster and her ex is making a monumentally bad decision that could ruin everything? Take a vacation, of course. Press reset. When her great-aunt...

Rodent newspaper editor Geronimo Stilton finally manages to take a vacation and finds himself in a ratty hotel, rooming with a troop of Gerbil Scouts.