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Random House
Pub. Date
c2008
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417 p. ; 25 cm.
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The disappearance of twelve-year-old Newell Ewing and the resulting mystery brings together a group of seemingly unrelated strangers in Las Vegas--including his parents, an illustrator, a stripper, a teenage anarchist, and a group of street runaways.
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"While visiting his Grandpa's ranch, a young boy turns down an invitation to explore the area, deciding to play it safe on his tablet, but one of the creatures he fears has other plans for him and opens his eyes to wonders beyond imagining"--
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"Cactus and Flower spend their days in the desert, side by side. They grow, slowly but surely. Then one day, Flower loses a petal. Cactus and Flower know what this means. But they know, too, that this is the way life goes: Slowly but surely, petals will fall, and new buds will bloom"--
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It's Cowboy Ned's birthday! His trusty dapple gray steed, Andy, knows that the best thing to have on your birthday is a birthday cake. While Cowboy Ned sleeps soundly, Andy wanders across the desert in search of a birthday surprise for his friend and along the way discovers what really makes a birthday special. Echoing the simple yet graceful cowboy poetry of yore, David Ezra Stein's picture-book debut celebrates best friends.
8) Never
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Navigating terrorist attacks, illegal arms trading and smear campaigns, Pauline Green, the country's first women president, is caught in a complex web of alliances with the most powerful countries that are being orchestrated by the enemy, and only those with the most elite skills can stop the inevitable.
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Meet Odd Thomas, the unassuming young hero of Dean Koontz’s dazzling New York Times bestseller, a gallant sentinel at the crossroads of life and death who offers up his heart in these pages and will forever capture yours.
“The dead don’t talk. I don’t know why.” But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Sometimes the...
“The dead don’t talk. I don’t know why.” But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Sometimes the...
10) Dust storm!
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Series
Survivor diaries volume 4
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Separated from their group during a sixth-graders geocaching trip, Jen Chiu and her mortal enemy, Martin Diaz, are caught in a dust storm in the desert near Las Cruces, New Mexico. Includes survival tips.
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Series
Wild rescuers volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
203 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
Driven by humans from their forest home into an unknown desert, Stacy and her Arctic wolves face new dangers as the pack struggles to adapt to the unfamiliar territory.
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Publisher
Children's Book Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
23 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
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Maya, who lives in the dusty desert, opens her eyes wide to find the colors in her world, from Papi's black hair and Mami's orange and purple flowers to Maya's red swing set and the fiery pink sunset.
13) Lucky breaks
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Series
Hard Pan trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
181 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
Having reached the mature age of eleven in the tiny California town of Hard Pan (population 43), Lucky discovers that there is still much to learn about friendship, parental trust, and the Milky Way galaxy.
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Welcome to Night Vale novels volume 2
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From the authors of the New York Times bestselling novel Welcome to Night Vale and the creators of the #1 international podcast of the same name, comes a mystery exploring the intersections of faith and science, the growing relationship between two young people who want desperately to trust each other, and the terrifying, toothy power of the Smiling God. Nilanjana Sikdar is an outsider to the town of Night Vale. Working for Carlos, the town's top...
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