I think it only appropriate to have a list of books that speak of direction or looking or finding. We are often trying to find our way in our teenage and young adult years (and beyond). So, here are some titles that speak to finding what direction to go.
Which Direction?
Antarctica: Journeys to the South Pole by Walter Dean Myers
At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald
East by Edith Pattou
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
East of the Sun, West of the Moon by Various
Emperors of the Ice by Richard Farr
Far North by Will Hobbs
Flying South by Laura Malone
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Looking for Alaska by John Green
The Miles Between by Mary Pearson
Mississippi Jack: Being an Account of the Further Waterborne Adventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman, Fine Lady, and Lily of the West by L.A. Meyer
North by Donna Jo Napoli
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
North by Night by Katherine Ayres
North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman
Paper Towns by John Green
Pippi in the South Seas by Astrid Lindgren
The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World by Jennifer Armstrong
The Sorcerer of the North by John Flanagan
South by Southeast by Anthony Horowitz
Stealing South by Katherine Ayres
The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West by Sid Fleischman
True North by Kathryn Lasky
West to the Land of Plenty by Jim Murphy
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
Any additions?
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