Eight notable YA novels about world travel

At The Barnes & Noble Book Blog, Dahlia Adler tagged eight fantastic, internationally set YA novels, including:

Small Damages, by Beth Kephart

One of my favorite literary writers of YA, Kephart has beautifully re-created the Spanish countryside for this contemporary novel about a teenage girl who’s exiled from her American home in order to hide the secret of her pregnancy. She leaves no sensation unexperienced, from the feel of the earth to the scent of oranges, and it’s hard to imagine getting any closer to Seville without a passport. (Kephart’s newest, Going Over, which alternates between East and West Germany, is another excellent candidate for this list.)

Read about another entry on the list.

The Page 69 Test: Small Damages.

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