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1) Forever Odd
Author
Series
Odd Thomas novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
A childhood friend of Odd Thomas has disappeared and the worst is feared. But as Odd applies his unique talents, to communicate with the dead, to the task of finding the missing person, he discovers something worse than a dead body: he encounters an enemy of exceptional cunning and spirals into a vortex of terror. Around him will gather new allies and old, some living and some not. For in the battle to come, there can be no innocent bystanders, and...
3) Deathwatch
Author
Series
Publisher
Laurel-leaf Books
Pub. Date
[1972]
Language
English
Description
Needing money for school, a college boy accepts a job as guide on a desert hunting trip and nearly loses his life.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Meet Mr. Penguin - adventurer (and penguin). He has a dashing hat. He has a packed lunch. He is very keen. When Mr Penguin discovers that his good friend Edith has been kidnapped, he's on his most important mission yet. Will he survive a perilous train journey through the desert? Can he complete three impossible tasks ... and still get home in time for a fish finger sandwich?
6) Dust storm!
Author
Series
Survivor diaries volume 4
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Xochitl is destined to wander the desert alone, speaking her troubled village's stories into its arid winds. Her only companions are the blessed stars above and enigmatic lines of poetry magically strewn across dusty dunes. Her one desire: to share her heart with a kindred spirit. One night, Xo's wish is granted--in the form of Emilia, the cold and beautiful daughter of the town's murderous conqueror. But when the two set out on a magical journey...
8) Burning
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In the scorching Nevada desert during the Burning Man art festival, a small town boy meets a Gypsy girl, when both are at crossroads in their lives.
9) Vessel
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When the goddess Bayla fails to take over Liyana's body, Liyana's people abandon her in the desert to find a more worthy vessel, but she soon meets Korbyn, who says the souls of seven deities have been stolen and he needs Liyana's help to find them.
10) Displacement
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
After tragedy strikes her family, Vera runs away to a small desert town where she tries unsuccessfully to forget her grief and sorrow.
13) Jamal's journey
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Jamal the little camel is separated from his mama, baba, and their caravan by a freak sandstorm.
14) Waking fire
Author
Series
Waking fire volume 1
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When her peaceful village of Lagusa is attacked by a Mistress sent to do the bidding of the power-hungry Sothpike and his army of undead monsters, Naira Khoum forms a resistance to stop the Mistress before Lagusa is beyond saving.
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When his mother, a professional singer, dies, twelve-year-old Harrison moves to the southern Utah desert, where he continues learning card tricks, makes new friends, enters an art contest, and finds a way to pay tribute to his mother.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"When thirteen-year-olds Aaron and Audrey meet at a wilderness camp in the desert, they think their quirks are enough to prevent them from ever having friends. But as they trek through the challenging and unforgiving landscape, they learn that they each have what it takes to make the other whole"--
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 77
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Geronimo takes a vacation to the Camel Oasis!"--
Author
Series
Rebel of the sands volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
She's more gunpowder than girl -- and the fate of the desert lies in her hands. Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mystical beasts still roam the wild and barren wastes, and rumor has it that somewhere, djinni still practice their magic. But there's nothing mystical or magical about Dustwalk, the dead-end town that Amani can't wait to escape from. Destined to wind up "wed or dead," Amani's counting on her sharpshooting skills to get her...
Author
Series
Rebel of the sands volume 3
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When gunslinging Amani Al'Hiza escaped her dead-end town, she never imagined she'd join a revolution, let alone lead one. But after the bloodthirsty Sultan of Miraji imprisoned the Rebel Prince Ahmed in the mythical city of Eremot, she doesn't have a choice. Armed with only her revolver, her wits, and her untameable Demdji powers, Amani must rally her skeleton crew of rebels for a rescue mission through the unforgiving desert to a place that, according...
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