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...

Needing money for school, a college boy accepts a job as guide on a desert hunting trip and nearly loses his life.

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?

"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...

After tragedy strikes her family, Vera runs away to a small desert town where she tries unsuccessfully to forget her grief and sorrow.

The artist Georgia O'Keeffe spends the day transforming the materials, colors, and landscape of her desert home into paintings. Includes biographical notes.

Jamal the little camel is separated from his mama, baba, and their caravan by a freak sandstorm.

Even though she is suffering from memory loss and hallucinations, Rylie must unravel her family's secrets in order to save herself and find her missing friend.

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.

"Geronimo takes a vacation to the Camel Oasis!"--