Everything To Declare

A young adult novel with a coming of age theme, Everything To Declare is a story of travel seen through the eyes of an aspiring artist, Whit Blanchard. Whit hails from the tiny cattle town of McPherson, Kansas and at the age of nineteen, yet to see the ocean, he learns of the death of his best friend Richard due to suicide. Whit is stunned by this news and decides to pause his studies a while at Kansas State, where he's yet to declare a major, and using what little money he's saved he travels alone overseas, specifically to Spain.
While there, sketch book in hand, he meets Hernan from Venezuela and together they travel to Lisbon, and Tangier, Whit all the while drawing pictures of what he sees, honing his skills in Spanish, viewing masterpieces of art, and coming to terms with the passing of his beloved friend.