Books with title A Sad Day in the Desert

As a Vietnam veteran and former Special Forces sniper descends into the throes of mental illness, he latches onto a lonely pregnant teenager and a group of Pentecostal zealots – the Children of Light – who have been waiting over thirty years in the Arizona desert for Armageddon. When the Amtrak Sunset Limited, a passenger train en route to Los Angeles, is derailed in their midst in a deadly act of sabotage, their lives are thrown into turmoil as local and state police, FBI investigators, and a horde of reporters arrive on the scene. As the search for the saboteurs heats up and the authorities question members of the cult, they uncover more questions than answers. And then the girl vanishes. As the sniper struggles to maintain his sanity, a child is about to be born deep in the wilderness.

Samad loved to go out. His dream was to spend a whole day in the desert and swim in the oasis. Follow Samad as he embarked on this adventure where he made wonderful friends and amazing discoveries. Going into a desert has never been so much fun.A bilingual edition of this book is available in the following languages: Acholi, Amharic, Fulfulde, Gikuyu, Hausa, Kalenjin, Kirundi, Luganda, Oromo, Swahili, Tigrinya, Yoruba.

This is a tender story about a close-knit family of cacti that live in the Sonora Desert in Mexico. Saguaro is a happy young cactus who lives with Grandfather, Grandmother, Mother and Father. One day, a group of tourists from a nearby campsite speeds down the road with a truck full of garbage. They toss the bags in all directions hitting Grandmother. She loses an arm and as a result she can't take part in Circle Time, a special time the family spends together in the evening. The desert animals eventually find a way for Grandmother to participate with her family.

One Day in the Desert (Paperback)It is daybreak in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, as a wounded mountain lion limps toward a Papago Indian hut. Bird Wing and her mother are also heading for their hut, knowing that they will need refuge from the sun as it rises higher and hotter.Author: Jean Craighead GeorgePublisher: Scholastic City: New YorkState: NYYear Published: 1983Pages: 48