BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — On Nationwide Write Your Story Day, Shamrock Home is happy to announce the discharge of The Passport Challenge: Two Sisters Ditch Center College for a Life-Altering Journey Across the World ($16.99, March 2022).
Hundreds of thousands of American households spend their weekends and breaks taking part in journey sports activities. However for one Alabama household, the game is journey. Debut creator and veteran traveler Kellie McIntyre and her household set a aim to discover six continents earlier than the children completed highschool. In 2013, McIntyre, her husband and their two daughters packed one suitcase every and launched into a journey around the world.
“What began out as a household aim was a first-class schooling from economic system seats,” McIntyre says. That schooling has was The Passport Challenge.
Through the “Dumpster-fire” summer season of 2020, McIntyre felt compelled to create one thing that may unify folks, quite than divide. Believing that journey is the best instructor of all, she knew she had an vital story to inform. Celebrating variety and freedom, McIntyre takes readers from Alabama to 13 international locations throughout 4 continents — with an surprising twist.
“[A]n attractive world travelogue led by youngsters …” —Foreword Critiques
Uniquely written from her (then) 14- and 12-year-old daughters’ views, The Passport Project is a real, coming-of-age journey for ages 8 to 88.
“You possibly can take the children out of center faculty, however you may’t take the center faculty out of children. They have been coping with all the everyday problems with adolescence, whereas continuously navigating new customs and cultures,” McIntyre explains.
“[B]rilliantly captures the awkward hilarity of stripling/household journey whereas highlighting the reward of a world worldview.” —Rachel Macy Stafford, NYT Bestselling Writer
After spending the previous two years at residence, Individuals are desirous to pack their luggage and go. And now that adults and youngsters have mastered working and learning remotely, extra households could select to plan a world-schooling journey. What does McIntyre hope readers will acquire from her story?
“Life is a lot richer once we embrace the world past our bubbles.”
The Passport Challenge: Two Sisters Ditch Center College for a Life-Altering Journey Across the World [$16.99, 346 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, paperback, ISBN: 978-1-7377438-1-1; $9.99, ebook, ISBN: 978-1-7377438-0-4] is out there at most major online booksellers.
Concerning the creator:
Kellie McIntyre is a Southern lady with a ardour for the world. Her quest for tradition and journey has taken her to just about 50 international locations throughout six continents.
Kellie holds a BA from Western Kentucky College and a Grasp of Public Well being from the College of Alabama at Birmingham, however her worn passport has supplied her most useful schooling. Kellie shares ideas for planning and surviving world household (mis)adventures — like being detained in a communist nation — at 4WornPassports.com.
Media Contact:
Kellie McIntyre
205.370.3253
[email protected]
Media kit available at 4wornpassports.com/media-kit/.
SOURCE Shamrock Home
