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A Walk in the Desert
Caroline Arnold, Freya Tanz
Hardcover (Silver Pr, Jan. 1, 1991)Describes some of the plants and animals that live in the desert
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In the Desert
Becca Heddle
Paperback (Collins, June 1, 2012)So, you think you know the desert? This simple non-fiction report explores the exciting, extraordinary elements of the desert, from beautiful plants, to fantastic creatures, tall buildings, and children themselves! Amazing photographs accompany this information book.
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Duel in the Desert
Walter Dean Myers
Paperback (Puffin, Aug. 5, 1986)While camping in Morocco, Chris and his brother try to discover who stole a valuable silver chalice from a Moroccan palace.
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A Desert Year
Carol Lerner
Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, Aug. 1, 1991)A study of the animals and plants found in the desert of America's southwest.
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In the Desert
DK Publishing
Paperback (DK CHILDREN, March 15, 1998)Explore the sea! Search the desert! Fish in a pond! Ride in a tractor! Each Activity Pack comes with reusable stickers, puzzles, and exciting facts.
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A Walk in the Desert
Rebecca L. Johnson
Paperback (Carolrhoda Books, Inc., Aug. 16, 1743)None
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A Diamond in the Desert
Kathryn Fitzmaurice
Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Feb. 7, 2013)Twelve-year-old Tetsu eats, sleeps and breathes baseball. It s all he ever thinks about. But after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Tetsu and his family are forced from their home into an internment camp in the Arizona desert with other Japanese Americans, and baseball becomes the last thing on his mind. The camp isn t technically a prison, but it sure feels like one when there s nothing to do and no place to go. So when a man starts up a boys baseball team, Tetsu is only too eager to play again. But with his sister suddenly falling ill, and his father taken away for questioning, Tetsu is forced to choose between his family and his love of the game."
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A Bauble in the Desert
Sherry R Pendell
Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Dec. 14, 2017)A Bauble in the Desert is a children's book about adoption. It involves a young boy who was given up as a baby, but never knew that he was adopted. After a meeting with his birth mother, he must reconcile all these new emotions and fears. His family is left to come to terms with their secret, and the wonderful gift that is adoption
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In the Desert
Mary Elizabeth Salzmann
Library Binding (Sandcastle, Sept. 1, 2001)Simple text and photographs introduce the features and wildlife of deserts.
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A Passion in the Desert
Honoré de Balzac
Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Sept. 9, 2017)Full text.The story of an unexpected love and friendship between a Napoleonic French legionnaire and a desert "panther". Here, the two central characters remain solidly representative of their respective places in the natural order. Passion has no boundaries, no limits and no explanation. This must-read short story will make you think about that.
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In the Desert
Simon Chapman
Library Binding (Fitzgerald Books, Aug. 1, 2008)Each book in this engaging middle grade nonfiction series challenges readers to an expedition and is crammed with practical survival advice, real-life explorers' stories, fascinating natural history facts, and humorous illustrations.
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War in the Desert
Richard Collier
Hardcover (Time Life Education, Oct. 1, 1977)The hard-fought campaigns in the North African desert waged by Axis and Allied forces are documented by means of text, picture essays, and profiles of Rommel and Montgomery