The Road Trip Rescue Series
Faith-Filled Adventures for Kids
These contemporary adventures for kids ages 8-12 feature themes of faith, travel, family, friendship, and forgiveness. While characters overlap from one book to the next, the three books in the Road Trip Rescue series can also be read as standalones. Reading them in order makes for the best experience!
Books 1 and 2, Road Trip Rescue and Road Trip Return, are available now. Book 3, Road Trip Redemption, is scheduled to release in spring 2025, with a pre-launch on Kickstarter from January 7-23. Sign up for my email newsletter for updates.
Who is the Road Trip Rescue series for?
- Kids ages 8-12
- Those who love reading true-to-life adventures and friendship and family stories with quirky characters
- Readers who feel alone, isolated, insecure, or not sure how they fit into the world
- Grown-ups who want their kids to read books with imperfect characters who make mistakes and experience the consequences of their actions, in order to see the depths of God’s grace and redemption.
Why this series?
My goal in writing is to show kids they are wonderfully created for the unique adventures in their lives.
In Road Trip Rescue (book one), Kimmy has lots of fun adventures, but her journey gets much better when she realizes she’s not alone.
In Road Trip Return (book two), Daniel thinks he knows what is best. But everything changes when he realizes he can trust God’s plans for his family instead.
In Road Trip Redemption (book three), Jada thinks she can earn forgiveness—but she discovers she matters, and not because of anything she can do on her own.
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Book 1
Road Trip Rescue
A heartwarming adventure for kids ages 8-12 with a missing dog, a determined girl, a pink-haired aunt, and themes of faith and friendship.
Twelve-year-old Kimmy trusts dogs more than people.
After all, her dog Bo never made fun of her for having one hand. But two years ago, Bo disappeared.
When Kimmy stumbles across a magazine photo of a dog in upstate New York that looks just like Bo, she knows she has to find him. Her parents seem oddly unsupportive, but pink-haired, adventure-hungry Aunt Skylar agrees to a road trip with a stop in the Adirondacks. Kimmy jumps at the chance to bring her furry family member home.
Unfortunately, Aunt Skylar’s idea of a road trip isn’t the rescue mission Kimmy had in mind.
Book 2
Road Trip Return
A faith-filled international adventure for kids ages 8-12 about facing the past to embrace the future.
Daniel likes his life the way it is.
Simple. Predictable. And most importantly, just him and his older brother, Mateo. But as Mateo’s wedding approaches, life is already changing. And Daniel worries Mateo’s fiancée, Skylar, will ruin everything.
When Skylar disappears a week before the ceremony, Daniel’s concerns are confirmed. Skylar is trouble. The wedding must be stopped.
Drawing on his twelve years of wisdom, Daniel vows to save his family from disaster. Even if that means traveling to Guatemala—the home of his father, and the last place he ever wanted to visit.
Daniel must sabotage the search for Skylar before Mateo makes the biggest mistake of his life.
Book 3
Road Trip Redemption
A hopeful adventure for kids ages 8-12 about sisterhood, friendship, and the power of starting over.
Road Trip Redemption will be available to order through Kickstarter from January 7-23, 2025, before the official launch in the spring.
Kickstarter is a way for creators to fund their projects by offering exclusive offers/perks to anyone who “backs” the project. There are different reward levels to choose from, and you’re not charged unless the campaign meets its funding goal.
I love Kickstarter because it gives me a way to offer bonuses and connect directly with readers like you! And it’s a way for you to purchase an early copy of the book before the official release directly from me.
Also, Kickstarter will help me cover some of my publishing costs so I can put more money into my book launch and additional marketing efforts later this year. And this will help me put the book into the hands of more readers!
Three years ago, Jada Robinson betrayed her best friend.
Now, her family has moved, and thirteen-year-old Jada struggles to make friends. Realizing how it feels to be bullied, she’d give anything to undo the past.
When Jada finds a stray dog, she is sure he’s the same beloved pet her ex-best friend, Kimmy, once lost. This feels like Jada’s chance to make things right.
Jada talks her two older sisters into a trip to Pennsylvania to reunite Kimmy with her furry friend. But as new questions about their canine companion unravel Jada’s plans, she wonders how she’ll face Kimmy after all these years.
The road ahead may be more complicated than Jada imagined.
