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Travel & Exploration Young Adult – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Travel & Exploration Young Adult

Explore young adult books about travel & exploration for children.

188 books

Cover of Mosquitoland

Mim Malone boards a Greyhound bus for a thousand-mile trip to find her mother, facing a cast of strangers and her own in

Cover of The Museum of Intangible Things

The Museum of Intangible Things

Seventeen-year-olds Hannah and Zoe flee their New Jersey lives to chase storms across the West in a gritty search for ha

Cover of A Blind Spot for Boys

A Blind Spot for Boys

While dealing with her father's vision loss, sixteen-year-old Shana travels to Machu Picchu where she meets a boy hiding

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Punkzilla

Adam Rapp

Fourteen-year-old Punkzilla flees a life of crime in Portland on a desperate, raw bus journey across the country to reac

Ages 14–18

Cover of Map of Fates

The Conspiracy of Us #2

Avery West races across continents to find Alexander the Great’s tomb before a powerful secret society can claim the wor

Cover of North of Beautiful

North of Beautiful

Terra hides her scarred face and follows her father's rules until an unexpected collision with a quirky Goth boy forces

Cover of Love à la Mode

Love à la Mode

Stephanie Kate Strohm

For the teen dreaming of far-off places and professional passions, this sweet romance explores finding your footing in a

Cover of The One Memory of Flora Banks

The One Memory of Flora Banks

Seventeen-year-old Flora has no short-term memory until a single kiss changes everything, sparking a desperate journey t

Cover of The Truth and Lies of Ella Black

The Truth and Lies of Ella Black

For the teenager grappling with a sense of a hidden, darker self or discovering that their family history is built on a

Cover of Picture Me Gone

Picture Me Gone

Twelve-year-old Mila travels to upstate New York to help her father find his missing best friend. Along the way, she beg

Cover of Anthem

The Sixties Trilogy #3

Two cousins board an old school bus in 1969 for a cross-country journey to find a brother drafted for the Vietnam War.

Cover of Anna and the French Kiss

Anna and the French Kiss #1

Anna and the French Kiss

Stephanie Perkins

For the teenager grappling with the isolation of a new school and the electric, messy confusion of a first major crush i

Cover of Man Made Boy

Man Made Boy #1

Stitched together from parts and hidden under Times Square, Boy escapes his basement life for a wild, monster-filled roa

Cover of Twenty Boy Summer

Twenty Boy Summer

Anna is spending twenty days at the beach pretending to look for a summer fling while secretly mourning the boy she love

Cover of Passenger

Alexandra Bracken

Violin prodigy Etta Spencer is swept from her world into a race across centuries and continents to find a stolen object

Cover of The Edge

Peak Marcello #2

For the reader seeking to test their limits, this high-stakes adventure explores the grit and courage required to surviv

Cover of Summer of '69

For the teenager grappling with uncertainty about the future while navigating a world of shifting social values, family

Cover of United We Spy

Gallagher Girls #6

For the teenager who is navigating the high stakes of growing up while trying to find where they truly belong among thei

Cover of Lena

Jacqueline Woodson

On the run from their abusive father, Lena and Dion disguise themselves and travel in search of family and a place where

Cover of Somebody Everybody Listens To

Somebody Everybody Listens To

Suzanne Supplee

For the teenager dreaming of a bigger life, this story follows a girl finding the courage to chase her goals while navig

Cover of Black Dove, White Raven

Code Name Verity #3

Black Dove, White Raven

In 1930s America, a stunt pilot tries to raise her daughter and her best friend's son in a world that fears their chosen

Cover of And Both Were Young

And Both Were Young

Madeleine L'Engle

For the teenager who feels like an outsider and is searching for a place to belong while processing their own quiet grie

Cover of Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science

Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science

Marc Aronson, Marina Budhos

For the teenager asking deep questions about how the world became so interconnected. Explore how a simple kitchen staple

Cover of I Was Here

Eighteen-year-old Cody retraces her best friend's final steps, uncovering unexpected secrets while searching for a way t

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