2026 DCL Kids Reading Challenge: Book Set On VacationLike this list

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• 2026 DCL Kids Reading Challenge

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  Win a Denver Zoo Annual Family Pass in this year's random prize drawing of the kids challenge finishers! Read any of the titles on this list, or choose your own, for your chance to win.

• Out of My Heart

  Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)

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  Melody decides it’s time to face her fear of horses—and a summer camp for differently-abled kids turns out to be the perfect place to try.

• The Penderwicks

  a Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy

  Birdsall, Jeanne

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  The Penderwick sisters are off to Arundel for a summer full of secret treasures, mischievous adventures, and new friendships that make every day magical.

• Thea Stilton and the Fiesta in Mexico

  Stilton, Thea

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  The Thea Sisters go to Mexico City to help research Monarch butterflies, but get caught up in the mystery of a missing mural.

• Room to Dream

  Yang, Kelly

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  Mia finally gets to go on vacation with her family, to China! She can’t wait to see her cousins and grandparents again.

• The Sea Turtle Mystery

  Warner, Gertrude Chandler, 1890-1979

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  The Aldens are spending spring break protecting endangered sea turtles, but someone is digging up eggs without permission. Can they solve the mystery?

• Be Prepared

  Brosgol, Vera

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  No fancy camps for Vera—but a Russian summer camp promises adventure, fun, and some seriously awful outhouses!

• The Deep End

  Kinney, Jeff

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  It's the ultimate family cross-country road trip gone wrong when the Heffleys end up at an RV park that is anything but paradise.

• The Getaway

  Kinney, Jeff

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  The Heffleys try the vacation thing again, but sun poisoning, stomach troubles, and venomous critters threaten to ruin their tropical getaway.

• Sisters

  Telgemeier, Raina

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  A family road trip sets the stage for a humorous and charming story about sisterhood.

• London Calling

  Ponti, James

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  From Istanbul, to Rome, to London, the City Spies and their sleuthing skills are at it again!