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1) Never
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Every catastrophe begins with a little problem that doesn't get fixed." So says Pauline Green, president of the United States, in Ken Follett's nerve-racking drams of international tension. A shrinking oasis in the Sahara Desert; a stolen US Army drone; an uninhabited Japanese island; and one country's secret stash of deadly chemical poisons: all these play roles in a relentlessly escalating crisis. Struggling to prevent the outbreak of world war...
Author
Series
(John Anthony)Ranger's apprentice volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
On a mission to pay the ransom of a new ally, apprentice Will and his friends find themselves in a desert wasteland awash with enemies.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
445 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Follows the experiences of a former Hollywood stuntman-turned-Mormon polygamist who is blackmailed by an ambitious developer to enroll his children in public school.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In rhyming text, the Cat in the Hat explores world's deserts, describing the adaptive qualities of the plants and animals that live in deserts, and explaining how sand dunes form, why people see mirages, and more.
11) After the fall
Author
Series
RWBY volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
295 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a distress message comes into Shade, asking for Huntsmen and Huntresses to defend refugees from a never-ending stream of Grimm, Team CFVY answers the call without hesitation. But in the heat of the desert, they're forced to relive their former battles, both from the fall of Beacon and from everything that came before.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
58 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Scooby Doo and the gang go to the desert to see a music video being filmed, a cactus creature sabotages the set, and it's up to the gang to capture the culprit.
When Scooby Doo and the gang go to the desert to see a music video being filmed, a cactus creature sabotages the set, and its up to the gang to capture the culprit.
13) Deserts
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"This photo-illustrated book for early readers describes the desert ecosystem. Includes picture glossary and index."--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
341, 14 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
When they meet at a desert wilderness camp, T.E. and Audrey think their quirks will prevent them from ever having friends, but as they trek through the unforgiving landscape, they find they have what it takes to make the other whole.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Sophie loves camp--except for all the creepy-crawlies. Getting trapped in the tent with a daddy longlegs is terrifying, and spiders make her scream. It's so embarrassing. But then a mysterious compass transports her to a fiercely hot desert, where Bear Grylls, her guide, is watching. The sun is beating down, and together they must trek to find water and overcome the dangers lurking in the dunes ... Will Sophie find her survival spirit, face up to...
16) Tiger queen
Author
Publisher
Blink
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
335 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the isolated desert kingdom of Achra, sixteen-year-old Princess Kateri flees the palace and trains with the rebel Desert Boys to overthrow the cruel captain of the guard in this retelling of Frank Stockton's short story, "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
17) Princess of Dune
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
385 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Set two years before Dune: Princess of Dune is the never-before-told story of two key women in the life of Paul Muad'Dib-Princess Irulan, his wife in name only, and Paul's true love, the Fremen Chani. Both women become central to Paul's galaxy-spanning Imperial reign. Raised in the Imperial court and born to be a political bargaining chip, Irulan was sent at an early age to be trained as a Bene Gesserit Sister. As Princess Royal, she also learned...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
47 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tour 6 North American deserts in 24 hours from day break in the Mojave Desert through midnight in the Great Basin while learning about why these deserts are in danger and how to save them"--
19) Dust storm!
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Series
Wilderlore volume 3
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First Edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
One year after saving the sea, Barclay Thorne sets off for a new kind of adventure--the Symposium, a series of courses that all apprentices of the Lore Keeper Guild need to pass before they can take their licensing exam. And although Barclay is excited to explore the wonders of the Desert and reunite with old friends, he's less excited about the Tourney, the Symposium's traditional, good-natured prank war among the four apprentice tracks. As an Elsie,...