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3) Real
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In 1932, while exploring the California desert, Colly finds a Cahuilla Indian boy and his grandmother, who are trapped in a Forever Day that they are constantly repeating from their lives in 1774.
8) Lost
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Because she never gives up hope that her beagle, lost in the desert, will be found, the young girl keeps something special in her pocket for her dog.
9) Lucky breaks
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Amani is desperate to leave the dead-end town of Dustwalk, and she's counting on her sharpshooting skills to help her escape. But after she meets Jin, the mysterious rebel running from the Sultan's army, she unlocks the powerful truth about the desert nation of Miraji...and herself"--
12) Tumble
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The rhyming text follows a lone tumbleweed in its journey across a desert teeming with life.
13) Deadzone
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Seven of the eight survivors of the Aero Horizon crash have made it out of the deadly jungle, but the desert into which they have emerged has its own dangers, and they have very little food or water left and no sign of civilization anywhere--meanwhile, one of the survivors is changing, and that may be the greatest threat of all.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Armed with only her revolver, her wits, and the Demdji powers she's struggling to control, Amani must rally a crew of rebels to take on the bloodthirsty sultan of Miraji and free the imprisoned prince Ahmed. But as the rescue mission travels through the unforgiving desert to a place that, according to maps, doesn't exist, Amani questions whether she is leading them all to their deaths.
Author
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Çeda, now a Blade Maiden in service to the kings of Sharakhai, trains as one of their elite warriors, gleaning secrets even as they send her on covert missions to further their rule. She knows the dark history of the asirim--that hundreds of years ago they were enslaved to the kings against their will--but when she bonds with them as a Maiden, chaining them to her, she feels their pain as if her own. They hunger for release, they demand it, but...
18) Devils unto dust
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
To protect her family, a young woman must brave the desert and a terrifying infected population in this gripping adventure that blends 'True Grit' with '28 Days Later.'
"Keep together. Keep your eyes open. Keep your wits about you. The desert is unkind in the best of times. And the decade since the Civil War has been anything but the best of times for Daisy Wilcox-- call her Willie-- and her family. This tense, heart-pounding alternate history...
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