


When Bria meets Rowan, devoted backpacker and dive instructor, and his outspokenly humanitarian sister Starling, she seizes the chance to ditch her group and join them off the beaten path.īria's a good girl trying to go bad. Middle-aged tourists with fanny packs are hardly the key to self-rediscovery. In a quest for independence, her neglected art, and no-strings-attached hookups, she signs up for a guided tour of Central America-the wrong one.

No, but 18-year-old Bria Sandoval wants to be. The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales- Jacob Ludwig Kar.Summary from Goodreads: It all begins with a stupid question:.Tales from the Arabian Nights- Andrew Lang.The Amulet of Samarkand- Jonathan Stroud.Her career as a travel writer and her experiences as a real-life vagabond backpacking Central America are deeply seeded in this inspiring story. Kirsten Hubbard lends her artistry to this ultimate backpacker novel, weaving her drawings into the text. If she ever wants the courage to fall for someone worthwhile, she has to start looking back. And the secret to escaping the past, Rowan’s found, is to keep moving forward.īut Bria comes to realize she can't run forever, no matter what Rowan says. As they travel across a panorama of Mayan villages, remote Belizean islands, and hostels plagued with jungle beasties, they discover what they've got in common: both seek to leave behind the old versions of themselves.
