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2026 DCL Kids Reading Challenge: Book Set On Vacation

Vacation vibes! Stories filled with sun, adventure, and unexpected twists.

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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.
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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.
    Book, 2021New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2021] — J DRAPER, S
  • The Penderwicks

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

    Birdsall, Jeanne
    The Penderwick sisters are off to Arundel for a summer full of secret treasures, mischievous adventures, and new friendships that make every day magical.
    Book, 2005New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, Yearling, c2005. — J BIRDSALL, J
  • The Thea Sisters go to Mexico City to help research Monarch butterflies, but get caught up in the mystery of a missing mural.
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2022] — J STILTON, T
  • Mia finally gets to go on vacation with her family, to China! She can’t wait to see her cousins and grandparents again.
    Book, 2021New York : Scholastic Press, 2021. — J YANG, K
  • The Aldens are spending spring break protecting endangered sea turtles, but someone is digging up eggs without permission. Can they solve the mystery?
    Book, 2019Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, 2019. — J WARNER, G
  • No fancy camps for Vera—but a Russian summer camp promises adventure, fun, and some seriously awful outhouses!
    Book, 2018New York : First Second, [2018] — JGN BROSGOL, V
  • 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.
    Book, 2020New York : Amulet Books, 2020. — J KINNEY, J
  • The Heffleys try the vacation thing again, but sun poisoning, stomach troubles, and venomous critters threaten to ruin their tropical getaway.
    Book, 2017New York : Amulet Books, 2017. — J KINNEY, J
  • A family road trip sets the stage for a humorous and charming story about sisterhood.
    Book, 2014New York : Graphix, 2014. — JGN TELGEMEIER, R
  • From Istanbul, to Rome, to London, the City Spies and their sleuthing skills are at it again!
    Book, 2025New York : Aladdin, 2025. — J PONTI, J